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South Africa's cash-stuffed sofa saga lingers

'Don't have a couch stuffed with cash? Don't worry, you can keep reading for free," read the ad on the website of the Daily Maverick, a tough and sometimes very funny South African news site. President Cyril Ramaphosa's cash-stuffed sofa has become a powerful, universally recognised meme, but it still…

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Harry and Meghan's Netflix show crowned UK's most-watched subscription TV series

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Netflix show has been announced as the UK's most-watched subscription TV series of the year, reaching an average of 4.5million people in its first week

Daily Mirror

Live to Lead: everything you need to know about the new Harry and Meghan Netflix series on leadership

Harry and Meghan join forces with the Nelson Mandela Foundation

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Movie review: 'Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody' biopic hits a flat note

When remembering the iconic life and career of Whitney Houston, there are many defining moments that instantly spring to mind: when she obliterated the “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Super Bowl, thereby rendering all other versions subpar, her soaring rendition of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” from “The…

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle set for new Netflix docuseries titled Live to Lead

Live To Lead is a docuseries that Prince Harry says has been inspired by the late Nelson Mandela, and features activist Greta Thunberg and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Daily Record

Jacinda Ardern distances herself from Harry and Meghan’s Netflix announcement

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern distances herself from next Harry and Meghan Netflix series, Live to Lead

The New Daily

Harry and Meghan’s documentary series on inspirational leaders comes out on New Year’s Eve

The crystal-coated Times Square ball won’t be the only thing dropping this New Year’s Eve.

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Prince Harry ‘to do new ITV interview with Tom Bradby’ ahead of release of memoir Spare

Buckingham Palace is bracing for more accusations from Prince Harry after it emerged he is set to do an interview with Tom Bradby.

Evening Standard

Netflix fans react as first trailer for new Harry and Meghan series Live to Lead drops

Netflix fans won't have to wait much longer to see more from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on the platform, as a teaser for their upcoming series inspired by Nelson Mandela lands online

Daily Mirror

Harry and Meghan to present new Netflix documentary inspired by Nelson Mandela

It will air on December 31

Wales Online

Prince Harry and Meghan to present new Netflix documentary series called ‘Live to Lead’

The show will feature interviews with figures including Greta Thunberg, Jacinda Ardern and Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Evening Standard

Harry and Meghan tease brand new Netflix series that will drop later this month

It has been confirmed that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will present and executive produce a brand new series on Netflix called Live to Lead - a series inspired by the legacy of Nelson Mandela

Daily Mirror

Ramaphosa: the Mandela protege re-elected to lead S.Africa's ANC

Johannesburg (AFP) - Pragmatic, wealthy and ambitious, Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected leader of South Africa's ruling ANC party on Monday, despite being badly damaged by a cash-heist scandal that has dogged him for months.

AFP

South Africa's Ramaphosa: wounded president re-elected to party helm

President Cyril Ramaphosa, the anti-apartheid champion who become one of South Africa's wealthiest businessmen, survived a challenge for the leadership of his party on Monday, days after he was spared impeachment proceedings over a scandal dubbed "Farmgate".

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The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: As You Like It; Mandela; Kerry Jackson – review

Rose Ayling-Ellis stars in a fresh As You Like It; a Mandela musical can’t do the great man justice; and April De Angelis slips into two dimensions

Reuters

Mexico reinvents island prison as Pacific tourist draw

One of Mexico's most notorious prisons begins a new chapter this weekend as a Pacific Ocean getaway after a makeover aimed at bringing in tourists to the former penal colony.

The Conversation

Dear Comrade President: book highlights ANC leader Oliver Tambo’s role in preparing South Africa for democracy

More than three decades have passed since the apartheid government in South Africa unbanned the African National Congress (ANC), the country’s leading liberation movement, and released its leader, Nelson Mandela, from prison. This launched four fraught years of negotiations and violence that led to South Africa’s first-ever democratic elections.

The Independent UK

South Africa leader fights for political future over scandal

The president of South Africa is fighting for his political future in a dramatic reversal of fortunes for an anti-apartheid icon once admired for tackling the problems of Africa’s most developed economy

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The Guardian - UK

Top 10 books about freedom

Authors as radically different as Julia Donaldson, John Rawls and Ayn Rand can make us appreciate the value of freedom, and the terrible jeopardy of losing it

The Independent UK

Lord Advocate welcomes Lockerbie bombing arrest

In a rare statement about a live case, the Lord Advocate said the investigation into the Lockerbie bombing would continue.

Daily Record

Lockerbie suspect ‘always high on the list’ says former SNP Justice Secretary

Kenny MacAskill said Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi was always a person of interest in the investigation.

The National (Scotland)

Lockerbie suspect ‘always high on the list’, says former justice secretary

SCOTLAND'S former justice secretary has said a man in US custody on suspicion of building the bomb that downed Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in…

The Independent UK

Lockerbie suspect ‘always high on the list’, says MacAskill

US officials announced on Sunday that Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi was in their custody.

The Guardian - UK

‘He has many enemies’: is time running out for Cyril Ramaphosa?

South Africa’s president is local hero in Soweto but misconduct claims threaten re-election as ANC leader at congress this week

The Guardian - UK

Best podcasts of the week: Nelson Mandela on prison and politics in his own, never-before-heard words

In this week’s newsletter: Over the course of 60 hours of interviews from 1993, the revolutionary leader opens up in Mandela: The Lost Tapes. Plus: five of the best podcasts with massive archives

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