Widespread Snowfall Occurs Across South Africa

While some people may have been delighted by unusually widespread snowfall when temperatures dropped below freezing levels, for others, the cold ushered fear, sickness and the chance of dying from exposure.

Motorists are seen in the snow along the the N12 highway near Edenvale in Johannesburg on Tuesday, 7 August 2012 as a cold front passes over Gauteng.

  • South Africa:   Johannesburg's Cold and Desperate

    Daily Maverick, 8 August 2012

    Some Gauteng residents delighted on Tuesday when snow began to fall across Johannesburg, Pretoria and Vereeniging. They rushed to take pictures on their camera phones and joked on… Read more »

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