Johannesburg – An almost week-long heatwave is expected over parts of the country, with some maximum temperatures expected to hit 40 degrees Celsius on Monday.

The heatwave comes as large parts of the country are experiencing devastating drought conditions.

The SA Weather Service said in its daily forecast that a heatwave with “persistently high temperatures” is expected over Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and the eastern part of the North West until Thursday.

Skukuza in Mpumalanga and Musina in Limpopo were expected to hit 40 on Monday. Lephalale in Limpopo was forecast to hit 39, Vryburg in the North West has maximum of 38, while Pretoria was forecast to hit a maximum of 37.

Extremely high fire danger conditions were also expected in parts of Limpopo.

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