Winter strikes with vengeance in South Africa; First snow falls in 20 years

Several mountain passes in the Southern Cape and the Eastern Cape had to be closed after heavy snowfalls. 

Tourists expecting sunny skies in Cape Town were greeted by snow on Table Mountain, where the temperature never rose above 1°C. 

It was the heaviest snowfall on the mountain since 2003.

"If I hear 'south' I think 'warm'," said Michail Podlatsjof from Russia. "All I brought with me are shorts and T-shirts."
   
Mountains elsewhere in the Western Cape and high lying areas were covered in snow.