Over the next few days, South Africa is in for freezing temperatures and even snow as a severe cold front rolls through the country. Snow in Dordrecht, Eastern Cape on Monday, 10 August. South Africa’s cold frontSouth African Weather Services forecaster André Fourie said the weather system was not out of the ordinary. The severe weather is linked to the combination of an upper-air and a surface weather system, he explained. The upper-air cut-off low system pulls cold air and rainfall down to the surface, while a surface cold front sweeps cold air across South Africa.