Road Closures in South Africa due to Severe Weather (7 August 2012)

The following roads and mountain passes are closed to traffic due to severe weather:

1.  Eastern Cape - R61 Route, ROAD CLOSED between Queenstown and Cofimvaba due to snow / ice

2.  Eastern Cape - N9 Route, ROAD OPEN between Graaff-Reinet and Middelburg -Lootsberg Pass

3.  Eastern Cape - R61 Route, ROAD OPEN between Graaff-Reinet and Cradock - Wapadsberg Pass

4.  Western Cape - ROADS OPEN  Montague & Touwsrivier, Prince Albert & Oudtshoorn, and Montague & Oudtshoorn 

5.  Eastern Cape-  ROAD OPEN between Whittlesea and Symour - Nico Malan Pass

6.  Eastern Cape - ROAD CLOSED between Elliot and Barkly East - Barkly Pass - Snowfall

7.  Kwazulu Natal - ROAD OPEN  KZN / Free State  N3 Route, Van Reenens Pass

8. Free State - R712 Route, ROAD CLOSED between Qwa-Qwa and Clarens due to snow

9.  Western Cape - R328 Swartberg Pass, ROAD CLOSED between Oudtshoorn and Prince Albert due to snow

10. Western Cape - R62 Route, ROAD OPEN (STOP AND GO) between Ashton and Montagu

11.   Free State - R74 Route, ROAD OPEN  - Oliviershoek Pass between Harrismith and Bergville.

12.  KZN - R617 Route, ROAD CLOSED between Swartberg and Underberg due to #snow

13.   KZN / Eastern Cape - N2 Route, ROAD OPEN between Kokstad and Mount Ayliff

14.   Free State - R34 Route, ROAD CLOSED between Vrede and Memel due to snow (note: this is a Van Reenens Pass closure detour route)

15.  Eastern Cape - N6 Route, ONE LANE OPEN  between Jamestown and Queenstown due to snow at Penhoek Pass

16.   KZN - R74 Route, ROAD CLOSED between Muden and Greytown due to #snow

18   Free State - R74 Route, ROAD CLOSED due to snow at Oliviershoek Pass (Harrismith - Bergville road)
19.  KZN - R33 and R74 routes, BOTH ROADS CLOSED approaching Greytown from the Dundee and Colenso areas snow

TO BE UPDATED.

Many thanks to @TrafficSA and ALGOA FM, RADIO SONDER GRENSE for keeping us informed.

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