Southern Drakensberg mountains turn white for winter

30 April 2016 - 18:19 By TMG Digital

A Welcome to South Africa sign at Sani Pass heralds the Winter snow that has fallen in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape this weekend‚ alongside light dusting of snow in other parts of the country. Sani Pass lies to the west of KwaZulu-Natal‚ South Africa‚ on the road between Underberg‚ KwaZulu-Natal‚ and Mokhotlong‚ Lesotho.Snowing at Sani Pass - thanks for the photo Susan Taylor Liebenberg pic.twitter.com/P0eeA2N8Kt — Snow Report SA (@SnowReportSA) April 30, 2016async So far on Saturday reports of snow falling span Ugie‚ Barkly East‚ Elliot and Rhodes in the Eastern Cape‚ as well as Swartberg‚ St Bernard’s Peak and Kokstad in KZN‚ according to the SnowReportSA website.The Afriski Mountain Resort in Lesotho also excitedly tweeted: “Yay! We have snow. Just started snowing here at Afriski. #WinterIsHere #SnowDay”.Snow coming down today @RiverHotels Tenahead Mountain Lodge :D pic.twitter.com/adNfqBbYqZ— Snow Report SA (@SnowReportSA) April 30, 2016async ..

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