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Snow on Table Mountain
19/08/2003 09:34 - (SA)
Cape Town - Snow fell on Table Mountain on Monday night - and was still falling on Tuesday morning as icy weather continued to grip a shivering Cape Town.
Residents of the city's southern suburbs reported seeing a dusting of snow on the buttresses of the mountain above Kirstenbosch through an early-morning break in the clouds.
There was also snow just below the top of Devil's Peak.
It is the first time it has snowed on the mountain in seven years.
Operations supervisor of the Table Mountain cableway Peetie Harmse said just before 09:00 that it was even snowing at the lower cable station.
"It's very nice...spectacular," he said.
"At the moment we can't get to the top. We're just monitoring the wind and that now," he said.
Motorists coming into the city drove through gusts of sleet.
- SAPA
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