South Africa Politics and News Monitor – Pienaar wins South Africa’s player of the year (AP via Yahoo! Sports)

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.

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.

Khaleej Times Online – South Africa desperate to return to winning ways (Khaleej Times)
MILAN – South Africa goes into its match with Italy on Saturday aiming to end a three-game losing streak on its northern-hemisphere tour.

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.

Italy v South Africa (Brisbane Times)
Italy v South Africa, Stadio Fuili, Udine Sunday, 1am (AEST). Live (FoxSports 1) Referee: Alain Rolland (IRL)

Volkswagen South Africa to Double Polo Exports in the Next Year (Bloomberg)
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) — Volkswagen of South Africa , the local unit of Europe’s largest automaker, said it will double its export production of right-hand drive Volkwagen Polos within the next year.

Khaleej Times Online – First South Africa-England one-day international rained off (Khaleej Times)
JOHANNESBURG – Rain caused the abandonment of the first one-day international between South Africa and England at the Wanderers Stadium on Friday.

Preview of South Africa v Italy (RTÉ News)
World champions South Africa will not underestimate Italy when the two sides meet in Saturday’s Test in Udine. The Azzurri lost 20-6 to New Zealand last weekend but displayed a battling performance against the All Blacks.

England’s opening ODI against South Africa at The Wanderers washed out by heavy rain (Daily Telegraph)
England’s opening oneday international against South Africa abandoned before a ball is bowled at The Wanderers.

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.

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