Johannesburg, the country’s biggest city, saw snow for the first time in a decade
The rare sight of snow has delighted residents of South Africa’s biggest city, Johannesburg.
While some parts of South Africa “regularly receive snowfall over the southern hemisphere winter months around June to August”, said Reuters, Johannesburg last saw heavy snow on its pavements in August 2012. South of the city, children were making snowballs and snow angels in a school playground, some seeing snow for the first time. One resident told The Guardian it was “pure magic”.
