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Taz, die tageszeitung, a well-known German daily newspaper that is recognised for its progressive stance on social, political, and environmental issues has been funded and owned by its readers through a cooperative since 1992. (Photo by Carsten Koall/picture alliance via Getty Images)
ANDREAS PESCHKE

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

  • Umamah Bakharia
4 min read
Both now are G20 countries and in similar respects punch above their weight in their respective hemispheres — South Africa as one of the two largest economies on the African continent, and Germany as one of the three (very soon to be two) biggest economies in the EU. (Graphic: John McCann)
AFRICAN UNION

How South Africa and Germany can help the world

Both countries have a strong orientation towards multilateralism and democratic values

  • Richard Calland
  • Melanie Müller
8 min read
A miner kisses the symbolic last piece of stone coal harvested from the Franz Haniel shaft during a ceremony marking the closure of the last active black coal mine in Bottrop, Germany. (Reuters/Thilo Schmuelgen)
ANGELA MERKEL

With emotional goodbye, Germany shutters last black coal mine

Coal mining is an industry increasingly under threat as countries around the world look for ways to phase out fossil fuels to combat climate change

  • Michelle Fitzpatrick
4 min read
‘We can learn from the German approach of using a theoretical learning process coupled with practical vocational training,’ says President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Brenton Geach/Gallo)
CARIN SMITH

Ramaphosa: Laws, policies must open South Africa up to investors

Germany has more than 600 companies operating in South Africa, providing more than 100 000 jobs

  • Carin Smith
2 min read