Tasleem Gierdien6 June 2025 | 4:14
Snow expected across South Africa this weekend
Eight out of nine provinces in South Africa are expected to experience snow over the weekend and into next week while temperatures are expected to drop significantly.
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A cold front will arrive in the Cape early on Saturday (7 June), bringing heavy rain to the western parts of the Western Cape with wet and windy weather across much of the Cape Provinces.
Snow is expected late on Saturday and overnight into Sunday morning around the Cederberg mountains in the Western Cape and the Nuweveld and Roggeveld mountains in the Northern Cape. Heavier snow is likely in Lesotho.
Snow is also expected in regions bordering Lesotho (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, and the Southern Drakensberg), with heavy snow likely over the mountains in the western parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
Provinces where snow is possible:
- Western Cape: Cederberg mountains (light snow Saturday night into Sunday)
- Northern Cape: Nuweveld and Roggeveld mountains (light snow late Saturday into Sunday), Karoo highlands around Loxton
- Eastern Cape: Barkly East, Southern Drakensberg, Nieu-Bethesda, Noupoort (light to heavy snow likely)
- Free State: Eastern regions (very light dusting possible)
- KwaZulu-Natal: Underberg and western mountainous areas (heavy snow expected)
- Gauteng: Southern parts (light snow possible for Monday)
- Mpumalanga: Southern Highveld (light snow possible for Monday)