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PICS | Winter snow falls in parts of South Africa

Winter snow has blanketed some mountain ranges in the Western and Eastern Cape following a cold front. Residents should brace themselves as the cold front moves from the Eastern Cape to Mpumalanga this week. SAWS expects winds countrywide to have lessened significantly by Wednesday. However, the southern half of the country will remain chilly. Cold …

  • Winter snow has blanketed some mountain ranges in the Western and Eastern Cape following a cold front.
  • Residents should brace themselves as the cold front moves from the Eastern Cape to Mpumalanga this week.
  • SAWS expects winds countrywide to have lessened significantly by Wednesday. However, the southern half of the country will remain chilly.

Cold winter snow has once again fallen in some parts of the country, following a cold front moving from the western to the northern regions.

In the Western Cape, traces of snow were seen on the Tsitsikamma Mountains, as well as the Outeniqua Mountains along the Garden Route.

In the Eastern Cape, three trucks were reportedly unable to travel due to snow on the R61 between Cradock to Graaff-Reinet, according to the provincial transport department.

Thick snow at DwarsbergThick snow at DwarsbergOuteniqua Mountains Thick snow at Uniondale in the Southern Cape

On Tuesday morning, Table Mountain hikers were hit by bitterly cold winds after thick ice settled on the mountains.

South African National Parks spokesperson Lauren Clayton told News24 that it had not snowed on Table Mountain on Monday, but that very thick ice had been seen on the mountains.

READ | Cold front to hit Gauteng, with below-zero temperatures expected

According to the South African Weather Services, residents should brace themselves as the cold front would be moving from the Eastern Cape to Mpumalanga this week.

According to SAWS, isolated showers or thundershowers were also expected to bring rain in the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and the southern Highveld on Tuesday.

Gauteng, as well as the eastern Highveld of Mpumalanga could also expect a few rumbles of thunder, albeit short-lived.

SAWS’ Kevin Rae said on Tuesday that ocean conditions would be fairly unsettled, with very rough seas, as well as gale force westerly to south-westerly winds along an extensive section of the southern coastline, between Cape Point and Port St Johns.

SAWS expects winds countrywide to have lessened significantly by Wednesday.

However, the southern half of the country will, however, remain chilly.

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WATCH: Snow transforms many parts of Western, Eastern Cape into a winter wonderland

By Staff Reporter 10h ago Share this article: ShareTweetShareShareShareEmailShare Cape Town – Snow has blanketed many parts of South Africa the past two days, with social media especially highlighting the effects of the cold front that made landfall on Monday afternoon in the south-western and Eastern Cape. Among the more spectacular was a video recorded …

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Cape Town – Snow has blanketed many parts of South Africa the past two days, with social media especially highlighting the effects of the cold front that made landfall on Monday afternoon in the south-western and Eastern Cape.

Among the more spectacular was a video recorded near Uniondale, a small town in the Little Karoo in the Western Cape, where a car can be seen making its way in a countryside that resembles a winter wonderland thick in snow.

It was also the case in Avontuur, outside Joubertina, at Misgundand at Twee Riviere in the Eastern Cape.

The SA Weather Service had also predicted “disruptive snowfalls” over the high-lying grounds of the Cape Winelands, Central Karoo and Garden Route districts of the Western Cape as well as Karoo Hoogland in the Northern Cape. Parts of Lesotho have also been transformed into a white landscape.

Snow was also captured at Queenstown in the Eastern Cape and blanketed large parts of the Langkloof in the heart of Nelson Mandela Bay’s main catchment area.

The Eastern Cape Transport Department also reported disruptive snow preventing three trucks from travelling on the R61 between Cradock and Graaff Reinet on the Wapadsberg pass due to the slippery conditions.

Snow even fell in Bloemfontein and Kimberley.

Videos uploaded by ReenvalSA on Twitter depict snow on the Swartberg mountain range between Oudtshoorn and Prince Albert in the Western Cape and reportedly for the first time in nine years on the Rooiberge at Opsoek (between Calitzdorp and Ladismith).

Snow was recorded at the Afriski Mountain Resort, which is situated in the heart of the Drakensberg-Maluti Mountains.

The “white Christmas decorations’’ were also spotted on the Tsitsikama and Outeniqua mountain ranges along the Garden Route, but a video that surfaced of ’’snow’’ on Table Mountain was more a case of sleet.

Snow did fall on the Haelhoeksneeukop at Paarl, near the Huguenot Tunnel, on the Du Toitskloof pass and at Wellington, among others.

As always, the run-off from the snow is good news for dams.

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Human Rights commission to probe violations as Eastern Cape municipalities fail to provide water

Parts of Lingelihle Cemetry where the Cradock 4 were buried is permanently under sewage. (Photo: Supplied) The South African Human Rights Commission has launched an investigation into the water and sanitation services provided to Cradock, Middelburg and Komani in the Eastern Cape after an initial investigation found that it constituted a ‘prima facie violation’ of …