The palace virtual tour

South Africa reach the close of day four on 62-1 - needing a further 314 runs to complete a clean sweep of the series.

Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- The following stocks may rise or fall in South Africa. Symbols are in parentheses and prices are from the last close. The FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index rose for a fifth consecutive day, advancing 539.53, or 2.5 percent, to 22,304.43 in Johannesburg.

Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa, chasing 376 to beat Australia in the final cricket Test in Sydney and take the home team’s No. 1 ranking, reached 62-1 at stumps on day four.

Helen Suzman, the internationally renowned anti-apartheid campaigner who befriended the imprisoned Nelson Mandela and raised an often-lonely voice for change among South Africa's white minority, died in Johannesburg Thursday, a relative said. She was 91.

President George Bush is leaving office as a gallant soldier of Israel and confirming views of those who have increasingly argued that America's foreign policy is leashed to the agenda of a powerful and very well organized Jewish and Israeli lobby inside American domestic and Congressional politics.

Moving to the dangerous, bright South African city leaves Geoffrey York with mixed reactions