The KZN Department of Cooperative Governance has put disaster management teams on standby, because of continuous rain and snow. Spokesperson Lennox Mabaso said “We are also urging everyone to ensure that they have food and blankets in their cars so that if they are caught in a lengthy road closure, you are also able to have food.”
Snow has fallen heavily in the Drakensberg Mountains, as well as in Lesotho. According to Lew Campbell at the Tiffindell Ski Resort in the Eastern Cape, the "big snow storm across the Drakensburg has piled 100cm snow on the slopes. Roads in the area are currently closed and the ski lifts are snowed in!