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Five people were killed as snowfall and heavy rainfall battered large parts of the country at the weekend.
The Free State, the Eastern Cape and Western Cape were the worst affected provinces.
Flooding and power failures persisted, motorists were stranded and evacuations increased.
Eastern Cape police spokesperson Mzukisi Fatyela said a 69-year-old man froze to death in Mqanduli as well as a 44-year-old woman in Mthatha.
Three people reportedly drowned in the Port Elizabeth area where Metro officials are providing temporary shelter to more then 2,000 people displaced by the three days of heavy rain.
In Lesotho, paramedics responded to distress calls after 41 people were trapped in the Butha Buthe pass.
Rescuers found that almost 30 vehicles were either stuck, or involved in collisions as they skidded on the icy surface.
All 41 were transported to a temporary clinic erected in Fouriesburg.
