KZN's N3 opened after hundreds were stuck in snow

JOHANNESBURG - The N3 in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) has been cleared after vehicles were stuck in heavy snowfall over the weekend.

Hundreds of people were stranded on the road linking Johannesburg and Durban since Friday.

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The KZN Department of Transport confirmed that a taxi passenger died from hypothermia in hospital on Saturday.

The N3 Toll Concession operations manager, Thania Dhoogra, says traffic is now flowing around the Tugela Plaza and Harrismith.