SNOW COVERING SOME PARTS OF COUNTRY AS COLD FRONT HITS SA

The South African Weather Service has issued a warning of disruptive snowfall on Thursday in southern Drakensberg in the Free State as well as western KwaZulu-Natal.

Forecaster Wayne Venter said: “The snowfall will remain in KwaZulu-Natal in the Eastern Cape today and tomorrow. It will clear from Saturday. In the Free State, it is only for today (Thursday). Most of the disruptive snowfall will be over the Eastern Cape, including the southern and south-western parts of KwaZulu-Natal.”

Rob Ensel, founder of Snow Report SA, says some parts of the country are covered in snow.

“We have a winter wonderland this morning. We have a few places affected, including Port Elizabeth, and some places in the Northern Cape. The Western Cape had snow yesterday as well.”