It may be Spring in a few days, but first, the Western Cape braces through one last (hopefully) cold front as we bid farewell to August.
After being riddled with Orange level 6 winds and inclement showers yesterday, Mother Nature has sent down a dusting of snow on Table Mountain of all places!
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Footage of Table Mountain-turned-winter-wonderland has quickly gone viral across social media platforms, showing that, for a city that very rarely gets to experience a ‘white winter’, Capetonians really do love snow.
Thanks to a warmly dressed Matt Ashwell, Christoff Theunissen Photography and Table Mountain Aerial Cableway, we get an intimate view of the snow dusting the grounds of our favourite flat-topped mountain – from the comforts of our screens.
Take a look:
Meanwhile, from the peaks of the Matroosberg Reserve to the Cederberg mountains, snow blankets have turned parts of the Western Cape into scenes reminiscent of a storybook:
Western Cape – #SNOW outside Ceres via @SnowReportSA pic.twitter.com/IAW4JgfdYk
— TrafficSA (@TrafficSA) August 28, 2024
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Picture: Screenshot from video