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Berlin

Blood dollars to water pistols: Tale of the unwanted tourist
National
/ 26 January 2025

Blood dollars to water pistols: Tale of the unwanted tourist

After the stall during 2020’s pandemic, travellers have come storming back exponentially each year

By Luke Feltham
Germany’s media resilience: Lessons for Africa?
National
/ 19 December 2024

Germany’s media resilience: Lessons for Africa?

South Africa plans to leverage its G20 presidency to highlight the barriers to AI readiness and opportunities facing developing countries

By Umamah Bakharia
Monageng ‘Vice’ Motshabi’s book and play question the real new South Africa
Friday
/ 5 May 2022

Monageng ‘Vice’ Motshabi’s book and play question the real new South Africa

The The Red on the Rainbow is a story many South Africans can relate to as it asks the hard questions of where the rainbow is

By Lehlohonolo Shale
Ngoma Nites: From rumba and benga to the digital revolution in Nairobi
Friday
/ 20 August 2021

Ngoma Nites: From rumba and benga to the digital revolution in Nairobi

This extract from the book Ten Cities details the evolution of the club scene in Nairobi, with a focus on the mid-1990s

By Joyce Nyairo and Bill Odidi
Q&A sessions: Jeremiah Lemohang Mosese:
National
/ 15 July 2021

Q&A sessions: Jeremiah Lemohang Mosese:

Jeremiah Lemohang Mosese grew up in a village, taught himself to use a camera and has gone on to win prestigious awards at international festivals

By Tshegofatso Mathe
Elnathan John: Finding the balance of things in strange, new places
Africa
/ 2 July 2020

Elnathan John: Finding the balance of things in strange, new places

Like flotsam you float from one unknown place to another, to seek and establish equilibrium — only to have it all disrupted by a pandemic

By Elnathan John
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
Our universities need relevance and excellence
Article
/ 4 October 2019

Our universities need relevance and excellence

In shaping Africa’s universities we should take the best from two examples: Dar and Makerere

By Mahmood Mamdani
The heat is on to find global saviours
Article
/ 13 September 2019

The heat is on to find global saviours

We face a current crisis unlike any other in
history — this one affects everyone everywhere

By Richard Calland
Semenya war reaches new impasse
Article
/ 10 May 2019

Semenya war reaches new impasse

The athletics world will fail to turn unless the IAAF placates a new opponent

By Luke Feltham
Italy says Berlin terror suspect killed in Milan by police
Article
/ 24 December 2016

Italy says Berlin terror suspect killed in Milan by police

German authorities, after temporarily detaining another suspect, said they believed Amri drove the truck that ploughed into a Berlin Christmas market

By Staff Reporter
Berlin Biennale curator Gabi Ngcobo gets organised
Article
/ 7 December 2016

Berlin Biennale curator Gabi Ngcobo gets organised

Gabi Ngcobo’s speciality is to contribute to global discussions about how best to curate art.

By Kwanele Sosibo
Soundcloud expands into mainstream with paid streaming plan
Article
/ 29 March 2016

Soundcloud expands into mainstream with paid streaming plan

After signing deals with major labels, including holdout Sony Music this month, Soundcloud is adding a subscription plan for consumers.

By Staff Reporter
Berlin Boy: Electro producer Muzi is set to conquer Europe
Article
/ 21 January 2016

Berlin Boy: Electro producer Muzi is set to conquer Europe

After moderate success producing for South Africa’s A-list hip-hop acts, South African electro producer Muzi has set up shop in Berlin.

By Kwanele Sosibo
Iconic airport takes in refugees
Article
/ 1 October 2015

Iconic airport takes in refugees

The abandoned Berlin Tempelhof airport, famous for its use during the Berlin airlift in 1948, was earmarked to house up to 1?200 refugees.

By Staff Reporter
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
Touring Bowie’s Berlin
Article
/ 14 January 2013

Touring Bowie’s Berlin

After the surprise release of the singer’s first single in more than a decade, Kate Connolly tours the city that inspired his trilogy of albums.

By Kate Connolly
Party from dusk to dawn in a grown-ups’ playground
Article
/ 14 September 2012

Party from dusk to dawn in a grown-ups’ playground

Berlin is a creative hub and even in the most Sandtonesque area, Friedrichstrasse, home of the Reichstag, there is not a suit in sight.

By Ilham Rawoot
Merkel supports stronger European Investment Bank
Article
/ 28 April 2012

Merkel supports stronger European Investment Bank

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has added her voice to calls to bolster the European Investment Bank and to use EU infrastructure funds more flexibly.

By Staff Reporter
Let Greeks decide on debt
Article
/ 27 January 2012

Let Greeks decide on debt

The process has been hijacked by a
self-serving troika that has ignored the people.

By Costas Lapavitsas
Battle won but fiscal war not over
Article
/ 28 October 2011

Battle won but fiscal war not over

Europe’s leaders are claiming victory in the eurozone crisis after agreeing to new deals that halve Greek debt.

By Larry Elliot
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Article
/ 13 September 2011

Move over Free Democrats, we need a seat

Unconventional photography and thought-provoking slogans of Germany’s Pirate Party stand well out from the pack of usual regional voting posters.

By Sarah Marsh
Germany maps out path to post-nuclear future
Article
/ 6 June 2011

Germany maps out path to post-nuclear future

Germany has laid out its plans to abandon nuclear power in the next decade, while keeping its economy competitive and achieving its climate goals.

By Simon Sturdee
Fans’ agony as Germany’s ‘summer fairy tale’ dies
Article
/ 8 July 2010

Fans’ agony as Germany’s ‘summer fairy tale’ dies

For the vuvuzela-tooting fans who turned Berlin into a seething mass of black, red and gold the the fairy tale was shattered by Carles Puyol’s header.

By Staff Reporter
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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
/ 8 November 2009

Study shows high cost of German reunification

A new study shows that about €1,3-trillion has been transferred from the west to rebuild the east, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 6 November 2009

Utopia without walls

If we could all trust and respect one another, we wouldn’t need them, writes Barbara Holtmann.

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
/ 5 October 2009

Unemployed Germans go speed dating for jobs

A job centre in northern Germany has come up with a novel way to match unemployed people with potential employers: job speed dating.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 19 August 2009

SA’s Semenya grabs gold in Berlin

South African teenager Caster Semenya won the women’s world 800m title with a crushing performance on Wednesday.

By Gene Cherry
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