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South African Weather Service

https://www.weathersa.co.za/
Last activity: 07.08.2026
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2.78K

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Location
South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town
Employees
201-500

Mentions in press and media 2783

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May 14, 2026Telkom recovering after Cape storms disrupt networkTelkom has confirmed that the severe weather that battered the Cape provinces this week disrupted parts of its network, with the impact falling primarily on internet services rather than voice calls. In a statement, Telkom said the operator...
May 11, 2026Eskom battles widespread outages as storm batters the CapeA powerful winter storm sweeping across large parts of South Africa has caused widespread power outages, with the Western Cape worst affected after the South African Weather Service issued warnings for damaging winds and disruptive rainfall...
May 6, 2026South African Local Government Association on impact of severe weather conditionsThe South African Local Government Association (SALGA) has called on municipalities across several provinces to activate preparedness and response measures following a warning by the South African Weather Service (SAWS) of an intense cut-of...
May 22, 2025Which Industrial Sectors Are Most Targeted by Ransomware?OT cybersecurity specialists Dragos has revealed in its latest analysis that in Q1 2025, 708 ransomware incidents were carried out, impacting industrial entities worldwide, representing an increase from approximately 600 incidents documente...
Mar 12, 2025SAPS cannot fight cybercrime on its ownCybercrime is a growing problem worldwide, with the industry expected by some estimates to cost national economies a combined US$10-trillion in 2025. South Africa is not immune to this growing scourge, and an estimated R2.2-billion to R4-bi...
Feb 18, 2025Weather Service still working to restore IT platform after ransomware attackThe South African Weather Service (Saws) expects its website and other IT systems to be restored in the next week, nearly a month after it was the subject of a ransomware attack. The Saws website, which is used by ordinary South Africans fo...
Feb 10, 2025South Africa: Cape University Students Face Accommodation Crisis - South African News Briefs - February 10, 2025CPUT Students Face Housing Crisis as Residences Fall Short A growing accommodation crisis at Cape Peninsula University of Technology's (CPUT) District Six campus has left numerous students from outside the province without housing, forcing ...
Jan 28, 2025South African Weather Service offline after cyberattackThe South African Weather Service has been offline since the weekend after experiencing a cyberattack. The state-owned weather forecasting agency, which plays a critical role in the aviation and agriculture sectors – among others – said in ...
Nov 2, 2024IT tender storm at the South African Weather ServiceAt a time of extreme weather conditions, the South African Weather Service (Saws) is dependent on obsolete equipment because of bungled procurement processes. This is according to a leaked report, dated 1 August 2024, of an investigation in...
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What has the press written about South African Weather Service?

Parsers VC has collected 2783 articles mentioning South African Weather Service, among them “Telkom recovering after Cape storms disrupt network” (May 14, 2026) and “Eskom battles widespread outages as storm batters the Cape” (May 11, 2026).

Is South African Weather Service still active?

Yes, South African Weather Service is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Aug 7, 2026.