Icy temperatures, snow and rain have hit parts of the country on Friday morning as a cold front sweeps through.
The Barkly Pass on the R58 is still open to traffic, but it was snowing with misty and icy conditions starting to develop on top of the pass.Icy temperatures, snow and rain have hit parts of the country on Friday as a cold front sweeps through.
Forecaster Edward Engelbrecht said snowfall was received over the Drakensberg and southern Drakensberg in the Eastern Cape on Friday morning. “We expect the snow to continue in the Eastern Cape from today until tomorrow. Most of it is going to be limited to the southern Drakensberg mountains as well as the Drakensberg mountains in Lesotho and KwaZulu-Natal.“That snowfall may become disruptive and we have a warning out for disruptive snowfall in those areas.”
“This morning when we woke up it was white outside. It is a nice scenery. The mountains are white all around us. At least the roads and passes are still open,” Attwell said.
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