Greek geographer Ptolemy mentioned a "great snow mountain" in Africa as early as the second century. European explorers initially dismissed the idea of snow in Africa until German missionary ...

As we climbed, it became cold, wet, windy—and then snowy. We went from sweating to ... In a town at the base of the Rwenzori Mountains, we arranged for 15 porters and cooks, as well as one ...

Several parts of South Africa will see SNOW today ... “More snow and rain likely over the mountains in the Eastern Cape. Snow will also start falling in Lesotho and over the southern Drakensberg.