POLOKWANE – Summer has decided that it’s not ready to leave the City of Stars yet as Polokwane is set for a hot week weather-wise.
According to AccuWeather’s forecast, maximum temperatures are expected to range between the mid to high twenties and mid-thirties this week.
Monday and Tuesday will be the hottest days of the week with maximum highs of 33ºC and 34ºC respectively while Wednesday and Thursday will reach 29ºC and 30ºC
Plenty of sunshine is expected for most of the week with a hint of partly cloudy conditions on Wedenesday.
Milder conditions are expected over the weekend with highs of between 23ºC and 26ºC.
Not as warm but pleasant with sunshine and patchy clouds is what residents can expect on Friday while sunshine will return after a cloudy start on Sunday.
Minimum temperatures will range between 8ºC and 14ºC this week with little to no chance of rain.
Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard