# The KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Thulasizwe Buthelezi has placed disaster management teams on high alert as a cold weather system moves across the country. Temperatures are expected to drop sharply, with light snowfall forecast over the Drakensberg. Hikers are warned to avoid the mountains. The department’s Senzelwe Mzila has urged motorists to drive carefully in wet and cold conditions and advised farmers to provide shelter for their livestock:
KZN disaster teams on high alert as temperatures plummet [SOUND]
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