Read more about the article Why England’s Premier League should bail out the lower leagues
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Why England’s Premier League should bail out the lower leagues

The EPL owes much of its charmed existence to the myriad leagues that exist below it, most notably the EFL, feeding it not just with new clubs each year, but new players, and endless romantic tales—rags to riches success and, equally dramatic, falls from grace.

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Read more about the article How Kenya courted a constitutional crisis over parliament’s failure to meet gender quotas
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How Kenya courted a constitutional crisis over parliament’s failure to meet gender quotas

The 2010 constitution required parliament to enact a new law to give effect to this gender provision within five years of its promulgation. Despite six court orders directing it to do so, parliament has yet to enact the law.

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Read more about the article Journalism of Drum’s heyday remains cause for celebration – 70 years later
A picture taken on November 25, 2011 shows the cover of South African magazine Drum celebrating its 60 years in Johannesburg.

Journalism of Drum’s heyday remains cause for celebration – 70 years later

The African Drum was launched in 1951. After a lacklustre three months, the owner, Jim Bailey, brought a friend out from England, Anthony Sampson, to edit the magazine. They did some informal research and were told that black readers wanted sport, jazz, celebrities and “hot dames”.

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Read more about the article Mandela was a flawed icon. But without him South Africa would be a sadder place
Former South African president Nelson Mandela

Mandela was a flawed icon. But without him South Africa would be a sadder place

Nelson Mandela’s talent for reading the political runes was not always matched by his ability to read people. Internal political leaders who’d publicly criticised Winnie were side-lined but his patrician’s hope that he could have a benign influence on her evaporated.

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