Wits University played to a goalless draw against Bloemfontein Celtic at the Bidvest Stadium on Saturday. Wits started like a house on fire, but failed to convert their chances into goals. Jonathan Solomon had a chance to score in the fifth minute of the game, but his powerful strike hit the goalpost.

Bush Bucks registered their second victory on Saturday when they beat Moroka Swallows 1-0 in a nailbiting Castle Premiership match at the Absa Stadium. The first half was a ding-dong battle, with both teams threatening to score. The only goal came in the 59th minute — Mduduzi Mdladla connected Agent Fawu cross to beat the Swallows goalkeeper.

Vincent Tshabalala and Ernie Els took the first round lead of the Nelson Mandela Invitational on eight-under par at the Arabella Country Estate course on Saturday. The South African duo carded 12 birdies between them in the betterball format to ensure a one stroke lead over three teams on seven-under.

The state has produced new evidence relating to the origins of a notorious encrypted fax recording an alleged arms deal bribe to Deputy President Jacob Zuma. The fax first emerged in the early stages of businessman Schabir Shaik’s fraud and corruption trial in the Durban High Court.

Popular Palestinian militant Marwan Barghouti has backed away from challenging for the presidency of the Palestinian Authority after days of speculation that he would run for the post left open by the death of Yasser Arafat. The decision leaves the former Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas as the clear frontrunner.

The two sides in Ukraine’s bitter election crisis failed to reach agreement on Friday night, amid growing signs the country was slipping into chaos. After nearly three hours of emergency talks, both parties said negotiations would continue, but had reached no further agreement on how to resolve the impasse.

Iran agreed to freeze all its nuclear programme on Friday night, dropping its insistence that some uranium enrichment activities be exempted from a deal with the International Atomic Energy Agency. The deal however is unlikely to end the controversy over Iran’s nuclear programme.

African Union chairperson, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, will meet in the coming days with the presidents of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) seeking to end a feud between their two countries, his spokesperson said on Friday.