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11/20/2009 • South Africa desperate to return to winning ways (AP via Yahoo! Sports) South Africa goes into its match with Italy on Saturday aiming to end a three-game losing streak on its northern-hemisphere tour. The world champion has lost to Leicester Tigers, France and Saracens so far and its players have appeared jaded following a long season in which they won the Tri-Nations title and beat the British and Irish Lions. Read article

11/20/2009 • First S.Africa-England one-day international rained off (AFP via Yahoo! News) Rain caused the abandonment of the first one-day international between South Africa and England at the Wanderers Stadium on Friday. Read article

11/20/2009 • Rain washes out first South Africa v England one-dayer (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports) Rain washed out the first one-day international between South Africa and England without a ball being bowled on Friday. Read article

11/20/2009 • Pienaar wins South Africa's player of the year (AP via Yahoo! Sports) Everton midfielder Steven Pienaar has won South Africa's player of the year award for 2009. Pienaar was voted the national team's best player in a text message vote by fans. Mamelodi Sundowns' Siboniso Gaxa and Macbeth Sibaya of Russian team Rubin Kazan finished second and third. Read article

11/20/2009 • The Terrorist Myth In North Africa (Newsweek) America wants to expand the war on terror to Northern Africa. It shouldn't. Read article

11/20/2009 • New Moon opening night: South Africa teen says 'it has it all' (The Christian Science Monitor) New Moon opening night strikes on Nov. 27 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Eighth-grader Rea will be there with 20 of her closest friends. Read article

11/20/2009 • New Moon opening night: South Africa teen says 'it has it all' (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News) In South Africa, New Moon opening night doesn't hit until Nov. 27, a week after its appearance in the United States. But Dhalyn, an American 8th-grader attending a private school in Johannesburg, says she will simply re-read the book while she waits, and maybe watch some of the trailers available on the Internet. Read article

11/20/2009 • Maurel Reverses Gains After Report on Africa Wells (Update1) (Bloomberg) Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Etablissements Maurel & Prom SA , a French explorer focusing on Africa, reversed earlier gains in Paris trading after reporting a discovery at Kissenda in Gabon and delays at a well in Tanzania. Read article

11/20/2009 • South Africa-England one-day game rained (Brisbane Times) Rain caused the abandonment of the first one-day cricket international between South Africa and England at the Wanderers Stadium. Read article

11/20/2009 • Ban Calls For Greater Industrialization In Africa (Scoop.co.nz) Armed conflict, inadequate infrastructure, weak governance, limited financing and technological abilities, and policies that stifle entrepreneurship, limit competition and raise the cost of doing business are hindering the industrialization that Africa needs to fully join the global economy, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today. Read article

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