Located 55km north of Graaff-Reinet along a gravel road through the Sneeuberg (Snow Mountains), the remote village of Nieu Bethesda has a spring-fed network of irrigation channels, giving it the appearance of a green oasis.

BBC: South Africa��s arty eastern Karoo

In 2010 a Malaysian man pleaded guilty to adding "malicious code" to the Fed's network via one of its regional banks.

BBC: Federal Reserve

The train-operating companies are increasingly fed up with the dire state of the network and would welcome fundamental reform.

ECONOMIST: Railtrack