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Berlin Wall

Editorial: The UN must regain its credibility
Editorial
/ 20 May 2021

Editorial: The UN must regain its credibility

The body’s inaction during the Iraq war and Russia’s annexation of the Crimea makes it weaker when it comes to negotiation peace in the Middle East

By Editorial
On conspiracy theories and hopelessness in the Rainbow Nation
Article
/ 19 January 2020

On conspiracy theories and hopelessness in the Rainbow Nation

A resurgent conspiracy theory that Nelson Mandela died in 1985 reveals the growing hopelessness in South Africa that rampant inequality is irreversible

By William Shoki
The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago, but new walls are going up everywhere
Article
/ 8 November 2019

The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago, but new walls are going up everywhere

The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago but today we have more borders and walls than ever

By Pier Paolo Frassinelli and Melissa Tandiwe Myambo
The time has come for democratic Africa
Analysis
/ 6 November 2014

The time has come for democratic Africa

When the Berlin Wall fell 25 years ago, world politics changed forever. But did Africa benefit?

By Staff Reporter
The old Wall fell, but new ones rise up
Article
/ 6 November 2014

The old Wall fell, but new ones rise up

The fall of the Berlin Wall 25 years ago has not led to the better world many hoped its collapse foretold.

By Peter Vale
Berlin: Achtung South Africa
Article
/ 28 March 2013

Berlin: Achtung South Africa

In a wonderful, terrible city that wears its scars on its sleeve, Lauren van Vuuren discovers the Berlin in all of us.

By Staff Reporter
Hasselhoff returns to Berlin to save the wall he helped to topple
Article
/ 19 March 2013

Hasselhoff returns to Berlin to save the wall he helped to topple

The Hoff returns to Germany’s capital to battle property developers looking to tear down final fragment of wall.

By Guardian Reporter
Czech politician and playwright Havel passes on
Article
/ 18 December 2011

Czech politician and playwright Havel passes on

Vaclav Havel, the playwright who wove theatre into politics to peacefully bring down communism in Czechoslovakia, has died.

By Karel Janicek
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Article
/ 10 August 2011

Berlin Wall Trail a surreal journey into city’s past

The Berliner Mauerweg follows the Berlin Wall’s 160km route and the accompanying "death strip" that encircled West Berlin during the Cold War.

By Erik Kirschbaum
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Article
/ 27 November 2009

Selling red

Ali was barely five years old when the Berlin Wall came down. Twenty years later, he sells remnants of Germany’s communist past to tourists.

By Azad Essa
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Article
/ 6 November 2009

All wall down

On November 9 1989 the Berlin Wall fell. People from East Berlin flocked to West Berlin, and were enthusiastically received and celebrated.

By Katharina Von Ruckteschell
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Article
/ 6 November 2009

Fall wall confronts fear and paranoia of city users

The Goethe-Institut approached the department of architecture at UJ with an invitation to participate in the Cracking Walls project.

By Alexander Opper
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Article
/ 6 November 2009

As a legacy of struggle, protest is in the blood

The new South Africa owes a debt of gratitude to all those who sang the songs and manned the barricades 20 years ago, writes Mandla Langa.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 6 November 2009

The day the border opened

Torsten Schulz recalls the trip he
made from East Germany into the West.

By Torsten Schulz
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Article
/ 6 November 2009

Twenty years on, world celebrates fall of Berlin Wall

Twenty years after the Berlin Wall tumbled in a peaceful revolution, world leaders will on Monday meet in a transformed Germany.

By Deborah Cole
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Article
/ 3 November 2009

Gorbachev ‘proud’ of role in fall of Berlin Wall

Mikhail Gorbachev said on Tuesday that he was proud of his role in the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago.

By Alexander Osipovich

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