At least 49 people have died following severe flooding and an extreme cold front that affected South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province from June 7 to 10, 2025, provincial officials confirmed on June 11.
A powerful cut-off low pressure system brought rare snowfall, strong winds, and heavy rain to South Africa between June 7 and 10, 2025, killing five people and disrupting transport across several provinces. Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal reported the worst impacts, including snow-related road closures, flooding, and power outages.
A severe snowstorm swept across South Africa on Friday and Saturday, September 20 and 21, 2024, stranding hundreds of motorists, including those on the N3 highway between Johannesburg and Durban. Many were trapped on the roads for 24 hours without access to food or water. One person has passed away after spending the night trapped in sub-zero temperatures.
Johannesburg experienced its first snowfall in over a decade this week, transforming the city into a winter wonderland and sparking excitement among its residents.
Most of South Africa's Western Cape was blanketed in snow over the weekend, causing temporary road closures and providing a new and snowy environment to animals not used to such wintry conditions. A cold front swept through parts of parts southern South Africa…
Parts of South Africa on Tuesday transformed into a winter wonderland, but the cold and frosty weather caused travel havoc as major highways and railways closed down. Most of the interior in the Eastern Cape and high grounds of KwaZulu-Natal are covered in snow, which
