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Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by TheWinterBird(m):
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Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by Arostar2023: 9:29pm On Sep 21, 2024
Effects of climate change
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by Sleekfingers: 9:30pm On Sep 21, 2024
Littlewierd:
Them dey enjoy snow
What's to enjoy about snow?

You spend more during winter.
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by WannaHowzit(op):
kenny714433:
cheesy

When you reach a certain stage in development, God unlocks snow for you. (Just like achievement in video games) 😂

If you're still crawling in development, you unlock dust. (Check Nigeria and it's roads/cities)

But why snow in September? I was thinking that shit only falls in winter/Christmas period.
Hilarious analogy 😂😂😂

SA just came out of the southern hemisphere winter (September is the first month of spring). So some cold still lingering in the air.

Christmas winter snow occurs in the northern hemisphere.
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by jaxxy(m): 9:33pm On Sep 21, 2024
That's a potentially dangerous situation if nothing changes.
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by EmmyMaestro(m): 9:38pm On Sep 21, 2024
If we say let us help them, when the snow melts instead of saying thank you, they will continue xenophobing us
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by DuttyChuks: 9:43pm On Sep 21, 2024
Snowing on the wrong hands
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by KingCold: 9:45pm On Sep 21, 2024
EmmyMaestro:
If we say let us help them, when the snow melts instead of saying thank you, they will continue xenophobing us
Everything evolves around xenophobia with you people, even ignoring your own rampant tribalism in the process.. how on earth do we seek help from people who are not even familiar with snow is beyond me
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by panafrican(m): 9:46pm On Sep 21, 2024
Did the minister of road infrastructure steal the money ?
You guys have weather forecast stations, don't you? before the snowfall, snow trucks should have put salt on those roads and snow removing trucks
should have taken the roads to clear the way.

Ask the Canadians and the Americans have to work. They don't steal the money like we do in Africa.
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by EmmyMaestro(m): 9:52pm On Sep 21, 2024
KingCold:
Everything evolves around xenophobia with you people, even ignoring your own rampant tribalism in the process.. how on earth do we seek help from people who are not even familiar with snow is beyond me
I tire o

grin grin grin grin
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by WannaHowzit(op): 10:03pm On Sep 21, 2024
panafrican:
Did the minister of road infrastructure steal the money ?
You guys have weather forecast stations, don't you? before the snowfall, snow trucks should have put salt on those roads and snow removing trucks
should have taken the roads to clear the way.

Ask the Canadians and the Americans have to work. They don't steal the money like we do in Africa.
So motorists don't get stranded for hours in snow blizzards in the West? shocked shocked shocked That's white worshipping news to me. A quick 10 second long google search proves you wrong.

Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by Thabothabo101: 10:03pm On Sep 21, 2024
Wtf with the fucking French-sounding narrator in the first video? Ruined the experience of watching it.
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by jaksmillioniar: 10:03pm On Sep 21, 2024
Gush I love south Africa dey are so lucky
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by APOPTOSIS: 10:07pm On Sep 21, 2024
This is too much ooo
Seems SA has got an entirely different world calendar
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by APOPTOSIS: 10:08pm On Sep 21, 2024
jaksmillioniar:
Gush I love south Africa dey are so lucky
Lucky for having a snowstorm 🙆🏾‍♂️🙆🏾‍♂️😰😰😭😭
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by jaksmillioniar: 10:12pm On Sep 21, 2024
WannaHowzit:
Reports say hefty snowfall has disrupted movement on South Africa’s roads, leaving people stranded in their vehicles overnight.

Officials say the N3 highway which connects Johannesburg and the East Coast city of Durban was particularly impacted, leading to the closure of several sections and rendering detours inaccessible.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFN0I1BtYZ0?si=QSssIYgkSd1PJmZQ

Emergency services were mobilised to reach those stranded in their vehicles, although the number of affected individuals and their condition remains unclear.

“Emergency services have been working flat out through the night. They have been attempting to reach as many roads users as they can,” Dhoogra said.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mloerfzr1Bc?si=39mVwxwQHLoWKtAt

The government of the KwaZulu-Natal province said in a statement at midday that blankets and meals had been delivered to some stranded motorists.

“Trucks had been parked on the side of the road since Friday”, Road Traffic Management Corporation communications officer Simon Zwane told AFP. “Buses travelling between provinces have been stuck at petrol stations for around seven hours,” he said.


Motorist Muhammad Goolam told the Newzroom Afrika channel that he slept overnight in his car with his children outside the town of Harrismith, around 270 kilometres (170 miles) southeast of Johannesburg.

“Over 13 hours, food supplies out, I don’t see us managing to drive out of here without any assistant from emergency personnel,” he said.

The Arrive Alive road safety campaign said in a post on X that the some areas had seen snowfall up to six feet deep.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Sr4qQQiis?si=b5avwGHwxryK99xk

BORDER CLOSURES

South Africa’s Border Management Authority said three border posts with the kingdom of Lesotho has been closed as “the current conditions pose a significant danger.”

Expecting additional snowfall, there are warnings in place for various parts of the country, according to Luthando Masimini, a forecaster with the South African Weather Services. He described it as “an extreme case.”

Apart from the areas at risk, this unusual occurrence attracted people who were eager to witness the snow. Justin Nadasem Baker and his family travelled for three hours from Johannesburg to Warden, which is around 50 kilometres from Harrismith.

“It was a three-hour drive. We are excited. It has been many, many years since we saw snow,” he said.
did snow still fall in south Africa in christmas and new year time. Cos is a place for holiday
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by masseratti: 10:13pm On Sep 21, 2024
KingCold:
it should be spring but it's snowing.. i hate this cold I had plans undecided
And tomorrow Sunday is the start of equinox in the northern hemisphere...this is pretty weird though, although its El nino year though,crazy extreme weather everywhere.
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by Hamilton1(m): 10:16pm On Sep 21, 2024
Arostar2023:
Effects of climate change
Illiterate, Snow de fall for South Africa since 2000 years ago.
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by panafrican(m): 10:17pm On Sep 21, 2024
WannaHowzit:
So motorists don't get stranded for hours in snow blizzards in the West? shocked shocked shocked That's white worshipping news to me. A quick 10 second long google search proves you wrong.
Snow trucks did the jobs to exhaustion , the salt reserves were used to the last grain of salt. you can bet in South Africa no snow truck hit the roads and no one cares about the weather forecast, if there was any forecast at all.

In Canada and the US, the boys are at work.

Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by KingCold: 10:19pm On Sep 21, 2024
Hamilton1:
Illiterate, Snow de fall for South Africa since 2000 years ago.
Not in Spring though. it's an anomaly
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by WannaHowzit(op): 10:20pm On Sep 21, 2024
jaksmillioniar:
did snow still fall in south Africa in christmas and new year time. Cos is a place for holiday
No snow that time of the year, it's summer time. But there's still a lot to do.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6scLtB0C38?feature=shared

If you want a snowy holiday come to Lesotho during the winter months (June - August), they have ski resorts. Checkout Afriski.

Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by WannaHowzit(op): 10:26pm On Sep 21, 2024
panafrican:
Snow trucks did the jobs to exhaustion , the salt reserves were used to the last grain of salt. you can bet in South Africa no snow truck hit the roads and no one cares about the weather forecast, if there was any forecast at all.

In Canada and the US, the boys are at work.
Lol, white worshipping is sad & pathetic indeed 👎🏾💩💩💩


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU6Z1hv33xY?si=-ADshwvZg0y5mKEN

Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by Arostar2023: 10:26pm On Sep 21, 2024
Hamilton1:
Illiterate, Snow de fall for South Africa since 2000 years ago.
You can have all the snow you want, I don't envy you. There's nothing enviable about having a frigid weather. The report mentioned that people traveled from far to see the snow. Meaning that it is an unusual event or the amount of snow experienced is more than usual. Last winter in Canada, because of the effects of El Nino, they had a warm winter. That's the impact of climatic change.
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by jaksmillioniar: 10:31pm On Sep 21, 2024
APOPTOSIS:
Lucky for having a snowstorm 🙆🏾‍♂️🙆🏾‍♂️😰😰😭😭
is not bad.didnt naija too have flood.it look too nice children can play in it be forming many things like oyibo do in dia films m I wish it snow in naija abeg. D snow make there like in abroad
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by fabianiyobosa(m): 10:33pm On Sep 21, 2024
We don't care.
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by toprealman: 10:36pm On Sep 21, 2024
KingCold:
it should be spring but it's snowing.. i hate this cold I had plans undecided
Spring in September 🫡?
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by Whytelyon(m): 10:47pm On Sep 21, 2024
i Like Snow. smiley
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by WannaHowzit(op): 10:54pm On Sep 21, 2024
KingCold:
Everything evolves around xenophobia with you people, even ignoring your own rampant tribalism in the process.. how on earth do we seek help from people who are not even familiar with snow is beyond me
😂😂😂

Imagine, some people just open mouth anyhow.
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by KingCold: 10:57pm On Sep 21, 2024
toprealman:
Spring in September 🫡?
Yes.
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by KingCold: 10:58pm On Sep 21, 2024
WannaHowzit:
😂😂😂

Imagine, some people just open mouth anyhow.
Nahana fela 😂
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by AmalaAtiEwedu: 11:17pm On Sep 21, 2024
KingCold:
Everything evolves around xenophobia with you people, even ignoring your own rampant tribalism in the process.. how on earth do we seek help from people who are not even familiar with snow is beyond me
Very hardworking people in spreading HIV and being xenophobic.
if only mzansi people used the same energy in real work. grin
lazy arses grin
Re: Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure Of Some SA Border Posts (PICS/VIDS) by themanderon: 11:19pm On Sep 21, 2024
The Antarctic blizzard is getting closer and closer to Africa. Soon it will be a yearly thing and Africa may soon be covered in snow in a few decades time. Climate change is real. We may one day sleep and wake up to find snow her in naija grin.
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