Heavy snowfall forces closure of SA-Lesotho border crossing
Accordingly, we have engaged with heads of both the Department of Transport and Human Settlements to ensure that our teams respond with agility to predicted severe weather patterns triggered by a cut-off low-pressure system Duma said that, as per the standard snowfall response plan, graders, working with Road Traffic Inspectorate Teams, would remove the snow before it could accumulate to above 30cm on the province’s road networks.
Heavy snowfall has forced the Border Management Authority (BMA) to suspend operations at Qacha’s Nek Port of Entry in Matatiele, halting cross‑border movement between South Africa and Lesotho and leaving travellers scrambling for alternatives.
Snow returned to parts of South Africa over the past week as a bitter cold front continued to grip the country ahead of the weekend.
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