Despite the SA Weather Service’s advance warnings of heavy snowfall in parts of the country, nearly two thousand vehicles were stuck on national roads.
Last Wednesday, 18 September, the South African Weather Service (SAWS) warned that a spring cut-off low would bring very cold, wet and windy conditions, and snowfall of 15 to 30cm over the weekend.
… Annette Botha, meteorologist from VOX weather, agreed: “Spring snow is not unusual, but this snow event is historical… it’s going to be written into the history books – not because snow is unusual, but the snowfall amount is unprecedented.”…
