Will the expected cold front affect Pretoria this weekend?
The weather services said a weak cold front would be making landfall soon, but will it affect Pretoria? Here is the latest.

The weather services have predicted a weak cold front is on its way, but the big question is: will it have any impact on Pretoria? Let’s take a closer look at what to expect.
According to Vox Weather forecaster Michelle Cordier, the cold front will only affect a part of the country this weekend.
She explained that the cold front expected this weekend is very weak.
“The cold front will not affect the country except for the southern coast, where light showers may occur.
“We had a stronger front on Tuesday, which brought nice rain and cooler weather to the south, and today, the cooler weather, clouds, and light rain will spread over the east.”
Cordier said the weekend looks warm in Gauteng (around the 30s) with just a few showers on Saturday, but Sunday will mainly be dry.
Pretoria has seen a significant amount of rain over the past week, with some residents in the north measuring up to 20mm of rainfall and Centurion recording 14mm on one day.
She said some suburbs like Irene measured more than 100mm rain for the week.
The SA Weather Services issued a level 5 warning last week for disruptive rain in the city as the downpours continue.
After enduring several heatwaves during the festive season, the rain has been a welcome relief for many, bringing cooler temperatures and much-needed respite from the intense heat.
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Meanwhile, the country is slowly recovering from its water woes, with the Vaal Dam reaching the 50% full capacity mark.
The Vaal Dam is rising owing to the heavy rainfall experienced this week, rising by 4.35 percentage points in just a few days to reach 50.5% capacity on Wednesday.
The Department of Water and Sanitation Spokesperson, Wisane Mavasa, said the Vaal Dam has, for the past few months, been on a downward spiral, with the Department making plans to release water from the Sterkfontein Dam into the Vaal Dam to augment its levels when it reaches 18% in volume.
However, this will no longer be necessary as the Vaal Dam is rapidly rising due to the heavy rainfall experienced this week in Gauteng, and other provinces of North West, Free State, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and KwaZulu-Natal.
“We are now clear of the risk for the Vaal Dam dropping below its minimum operating level of 18%. The dam had experienced continuous decline over the past few months due to elevated temperatures which have led to increased evaporation losses, and the low inflows into the dam due to lack of rainfall in the Vaal catchment. The current dam level is now plotting above 50% and there is a good inflow because of recent rainfall in the catchment. There is, therefore, no more a need for water release from Sterkfontein Dam to support Vaal Dam,” said Mavasa.
She told the media that the rising of the dam levels has also boosted the Integrated Vaal River System that provides water to Gauteng province and to key industries within the province, which has shot up from 71.4% to 79.4% this week.
According to a report by Infrastructure News, the recent rainfall has significantly improved surface water storage levels in the country’s dams with 79.8% this week, a huge increase as compared to last week’s 74.5%.
Although the heavy and disruptive rainfall has resulted in localised flooding in those provinces, it has also significantly boosted their Water Supply Systems.
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