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Domineering: President Donald Trump has called allies to contribute to the US-Israeli campaign but he later dismissed the need for a coalition altogether.

Solitary superpower erodes global unity

The message is unmistakable: allies must contribute to the US-Israeli campaign against Iran or face consequences for the partnership itself. Yet, as the conflict enters its…

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

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

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)

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

The Red On the Rainbow starring Tshireletso Nkoane and Dambuza Nqumashe (Photographer Ihsaan Haffejee)

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

President Records Ltd presents the band Matata in London, 1971. (Copyright: President Records Ltd)
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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

Presence: Mosotho screenwriter Jeremiah Lemohang Mosese directed Mosonngoa, Behemoth: Or the Game of God and This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection.  (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

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

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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

Celebrate: East and West German citizens climbed the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate after the opening of the East German border was announced in Berlin on November 9 1989. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

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

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Our universities need relevance and excellence

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

The heat is on to find global saviours (Photo Archive)

The heat is on to find global saviours

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

Bigger than sport: Since that fateful 800m final race in August 2009, for which Caster Semenya earned a gold medal, the athlete has had regulatory authorities policing and labelling her body as well as her gender identity. (Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Semenya war reaches new impasse

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

As ANC branches make their choices for their future leader known

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

“I’m curious as to what I can effect

Berlin Biennale curator Gabi Ngcobo gets organised

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

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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.

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.

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.

The memorial of the Berlin Wall at Bernauer Strasse

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.

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.

Night life: Football fans making full use of the warm weather in summer celebrate a German victory at an outdoor café.

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.

Merkel supports stronger European Investment Bank

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.