Pretoria - About eight South Africans are recovering at a hotel in Italy after what began as a luxury cruise holiday turned into a nightmare. The eight were onboard the Costa Concordia, the 290-meter-long cruise vessel, together with more than 4 200 people from about 60 countries, when the ship hit a reef which tore a 70m crack in its hull. The incident occurred shortly … [Read more...] about Eight South Africans survive Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster