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Pictures: Cold front brings snow to South Africa, and social media

Snow fell on Western Cape mountains after two cold fronts passed through the province on Monday and Tuesday, and South Africans didn’t miss the…

Western Cape mountains could see the first snow of the winter this week

Wondering why it’s so cold today, Cape Town? Well, we could be in for some snow on Wednesday. A duo of cold fronts brushed…

Watch: Sutherland looks like Siberia in this frigid YouTube video

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the sleepy Northern Cape town of Sutherland is not in South Africa. This weekend the usually frigid settlement…

Instagram captures weekend snow across Cape Town’s surrounds

Cape Town and surrounds did in fact have an “interesting” weekend of weather, at least according to SAWS. The national weather service issued widespread…

#Coldfront trends on Twitter as South Africa freezes

After turning Cape Town into a temporary lake, and the rest of the Western and Eastern Cape into a winter wonderland, the July cold…

Cape Town sees rain, floods and snow in one crazy weekend of weather

You asked for rain, Cape Town. And you’ve finally received it in bucket loads. Just as June drew to a close, a strong cold…

Video of snowfall on Table Mountain goes viral on YouTube

It hardly ever snows on Cape Town’s fabled Table Mountain, but when it does in the internet era, it’s definitely going to get caught…

14 gorgeous Instagram snaps of South Africa’s weekend snow

The latest cold front that scurried across South Africa this weekend brought more than just rainfall to the Western Cape. The province, along with…

Winter in the Western Cape: Instagram laced with weekend snow pictures

Last week’s cold front brought some extreme weather to South Africa’s Western Cape. Along with driving rain and gale-force winds in Cape Town, it…

YouTube videos capture devastation of Cape Town storm, Knysna fire

We use the likes of Twitter, Instagram and Facebook extensively when covering stories across South Africa, but when the Cape Town storm rolled across…

Feeling chilly, South Africa? Snow reported at Afriski, Tiffindell & Sani Pass

Update #3, 15 May, 12pm: Snow continued to fall across South Africa’s Drakensberg and Lesotho’s Maloti mountains. Have a good weekend? Bet it wasn’t…

Snow grips South Africa as users build snowmen on Instagram

Thanks to the latest cold front system that’s taking its sweet time passing over South Africa, much of the country’s interior is blanketed in…

More than a fad: the numbers behind Snapchat’s remarkable growth

Snapchat is a social media monster. From its relatively humble beginnings in 2012, to its current almost-super massive status among millennials, the app is…

Snapchat, meet Snow: Korea’s rival app makes waves in Asia

While Snapchat is satisfying the West’s need for self-centered video snippets, South Korea’s rival app does much of the same. Developed by Line Messenger…

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