Overview
- Forecasters expect persistent downpours through Thursday with risks of widespread flooding, mudslides and rockfalls across Vhembe, Mopani and the Mpumalanga Lowveld.
- Limpopo’s education department directed schools in affected districts to stay shut due to unsafe access and disruptions to transport and feeding schemes.
- A two‑year‑old drowned in White River, Mpumalanga, after being swept away by floodwaters, and police have opened an inquest.
- MEC Basikopo Makamu convened disaster officials to coordinate relief and requested urgent costed damage reports as roads, bridges and access to parts of Kruger National Park remained restricted.
- Environmental authorities reported crocodiles in residential areas near Malamulele with more large wildlife potentially displaced by overflowing rivers, while heat and fire‑danger alerts persisted in other provinces.