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Strong winds caused a large tree to be uprooted on Bree Street in the Cape Town city centre on 8 July 2024. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)
A bench covered in sea foam at Three Anchor Bay in Cape Town on 8 July 2024. (Photo: Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)
Huge waves break off Sea Point on 8 July 2024. (Photo: Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)
View from Rawsonville of snow on the Slanghoek mountain range, 8 July 2024. (Photo: Nico Harmse)
Snow at Matroosberg Reserve near Ceres on 8 July 2024. (Photo: facebook.com/MatroosbergReserve)
Snow at Matroosberg Reserve near Ceres on 8 July 2024. (Photo: facebook.com/MatroosbergReserve)
Snow at Matroosberg Reserve near Ceres. (Photo: facebook.com/MatroosbergReserve)
Garden view in the Free State on 8 July 2024. (Photo: Renè Roos/X @ReenvalSA))
Sutherland at 7.45am on 8 July 2024. (Photo: Stiaan Steyn/X @ReenvalSA)
Sutherland at 7.45am on 8 July 2024. (Photo: Stiaan Steyn/X @ReenvalSA)
Hanover in the Northern Cape. (Photo: Barry Guy Naude)
Snow in Hanover in the Northern Cape. (Photo: Barry Guy Naude/X @ReenvalSA)
Snow at Matroosberg Reserve near Ceres. (Photo: facebook.com/MatroosbergReserve)
Snow in Nieu-Bethesda, Eastern Cape, on 8 July 2024. (Photo: Marlene Van der Linde/X @ReenvalSA)