South Africa Today on 17 January 2026

Hello everyone, welcome to SA Today on 17 January 2026. We begin today's video with heavy rain in Kempton Park in the Gauteng Province of South Africa, today. Then the roads to Phalaborwa have been washed away after the extreme floods and there is no access to the town. Other parts of Kruger National Park have also been affected. Also, a vehicle on fire in Saldanha Bay just outside a sports shop. Also, a big fire in Kleinmond today, but was luckily quickly contained by the firefighters. We show the Crocodile River in flood as seen from the bridge at the Malelane Gate. Blyde River at Swadini in Hoedspruit. Sand River at Waterpoort in the Limpopo Province. Rain on the road between Phelindaba and Manguzi near Kosi Bay. Welcoming rain for Plettenberg Bay today, as Knysna was approaching day zero with water restrictions, and we show you more from across SA Today.

The weather forecast across South Africa today is as follows:
The flood crisis gripping Mpumalanga Province and Limpopo Province shows no signs of easing as several days of heavy rain have left the ground completely waterlogged and more downpours are forecast, putting the northern escarpment and Lowveld regions at extreme risk for mudslides, property damage, and evacuations where fast-moving rivers threaten lives and livelihoods. Central areas of both provinces, and parts of the eastern Highveld face dangerous flooding that will swamp roads, homes, and farmland, while scattered trouble spots in central Mpumalanga Province, western Limpopo Province, and north-eastern KwaZulu-Natal Province will see localized washouts at low-lying bridges and vulnerable settlements. Severe thunderstorms packing heavy rain, damaging winds, and large hail will hammer the central and eastern North West, central Free State Province, and northern Eastern Cape Province later in the day, bringing their own flood risks and infrastructure damage, and strong winds sweeping across the western Northern Cape Province could spark runaway fires while knocking out power lines and disrupting transport routes.

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Also in this video, is traffic at Beaufort West from Cape Town side. A queue more than 10 km going into town. We end the video with a short video of Gordons Bay in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.

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