Once dubbed by Esquire magazine as ”the worst building in the history of mankind”, the North Korea’s Ryugyong Hotel is back under construction.
SA have made four changes to the starting side that beat New Zealand 30-28 last week for their Tri-Nations Test against Australia on Saturday.
Just two months after becoming European champions, Manchester United arrive in SA on Friday for their pre-season tour resembling a club in crisis.
Given the precarious situation in war-torn countries like Iraq and Somalia, it is remarkable that athletes there are able to pursue Olympic dreams.
SA double-amputee athlete Oscar Pistorius saw his hopes of running at next month’s Olympic Games suffer a final blow on Wednesday.
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in a rare public appearance, welcomed five Lebanese freed from captivity in Israel on Wednesday.
Mauritius at present enjoys plentiful piped potable water from its 2 000mm average annual rainfall, but large amounts of water are wasted.
Sudan president Omar Hassan al-Bashir might escape war-crimes charges if he brings to justice two men suspected of mass killings, Western envoys say.
SA coach Mickey Arthur says his team will live up to their billing as the world’s number-two ranked side when they face England on Friday.
A tribunal began hearing an appeal on Wednesday by 77 white Zimbabweans against orders to expropriate their farms.