Bangladesh batsmen, weather hold up South Africa (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Determined batting and heavy rain stopped South Africa's push for victory on the third day of the first Test against Bangladesh at Springbok Park on Friday.

Rain hinders South Africa's victory charge (CNN)

Determined batting and heavy rain stopped South Africa's push for victory on the third day of the first Test against Bangladesh at Springbok Park, Bloemfontain.

England facing changed forward contest for South Africa rugby Test (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)

LONDON - England could be facing another struggle up front when it takes on South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday.

South Africa Is Aiming to Ease Dangers of Digging for Gold (New York Times)

In post-apartheid South Africa, the welfare of miners nearly all of them black is a matter of scrupulous concern.

England v South Africa (Sat) (BBC News)

England aim to bounce back from defeat by Australia when they face South Africa on Saturday in a repeat of last year's World Cup final.

South Africa: New Party Encounters Name Problem (New York Times)

Leaders of South Africa?s newest political party, a group that split from the governing African National Congress, have three times chosen a name and three times run into problems.

Morningstar to buy South Africa's InvestData (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Morningstar Inc., a provider of investment research, said Friday that it plans to buy South Africa's InvestData Ltd. for an undisclosed amount.

SOUTH AFRICA: Aunesi Saidi Omari: "In South Africa I'm not safe, and in my country I'm not safe" (AlertNet)

Source: IRIN Aunesi Saidi Omari lives in the Philippi township of Cape Town, South Africa. A refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, she was a victim of the xenophobic violence that hit South Africa in May 2008. Afraid of going back to the local community, she is now unsure of her future.

South Africa's Desmond Tutu Receives U.S. Award (13 WMAZ Macon)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States has given a prestigious award to Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu. The retired archbishop is an important figure in South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle.

England aims to silence critics against South Africa in rugby Test (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)

GLASGOW, Scotland - England has a point to prove Saturday when it takes on World Cup champion South Africa at Twickenham after the Southern Hemisphere opponents it so hoped to beat this month all commented on its seeming lack of progress.