One man is in a stable condition in Christchurch hospital after an assault in Addington overnight.

Nelson Mandela dared wear "colourful shirts" without any shame because he "lived as he wanted", says his tailor Pathe Ouedraogo from his workshop in Abidjan, in the Ivory Coast.

Hundreds of South Africans broke through a police cordon Friday in a last-gasp bid to join the estimated 100,000 people who viewed Nelson Mandela's remains during three days of lying in state.

An International Space Station astronaut may get his Christmas wish, a spacewalk to fix broken cooling system.