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Eastern Bloc

Trainspotter: Keeping the President – Securocrats on the Rampage

South Africa

Trainspotter: Keeping the President – Securocrats on the Rampage

By Richard Poplak

Remembering the DDR – No Joking Matter

World

Remembering the DDR – No Joking Matter

By Greg Mills

Cuba 2017: A doomed but still compelling dream

World

Cuba 2017: A doomed but still compelling dream

By Glen Retief

Op-Ed: Coming to terms with the past – lessons from Germany

South Africa

Op-Ed: Coming to terms with the past – lessons from Germany

By Phephelaphi Dube

Velvet Revolutions, twenty years later

Politics

Velvet Revolutions, twenty years later

By Branko Brkic

The Day The Wall came tumbling down

Politics

The Day The Wall came tumbling down

By Branko Brkic

Gorbachev, Bush Snr and Kohl reminisce about the fall of the wall

Politics

Gorbachev, Bush Snr and Kohl reminisce about the fall of the wall

By Branko Brkic