Culture - Goethe-Institut Südafrika

On the border: Berlin, 10 November 1989, Brandenburg Gate

Photo (detail): Jürgen Lottenburger © wir-waren-so-frei.de

30 year anniversary: The Fall of the Berlin Wall

On November 9th 1989, as a culmination of the peaceful revolution against the regime of the GDR, the Berlin Wall fell, starting the process of reunification.

From no man’s land to a new habitat: a 1,400 kilometre-long nature preserve was created on the former border between East and West Germany.

Photo (detail): © picture alliance/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB/Peter Gercke/

The German-German border
“A place of remembrance and hope”

Surviving segments of the Wall vs. property development projects: a view of the banks of the Spree

Urban planning
After the Wall: Berlin’s Urban Planning Dilemma

Das Brandenburger Tor 1961/2015, montage

Photo (detail): © pa-picture alliance | © A. Ehrlicher, B. Rehmann

30 Years Fall of the Wall
Ghosts of the Past

30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

In focus

Henrike Grohs Art Award: Applications open!

Literature competition
AfroYoungAdult

Photo (Detail): © Getty Images, Logo: Tobias Schrank

Rethinking power relations
Latitude

5 questions for ...

Creative Artists visiting the Goethe-Institut answer questions about themselves and their work:

A pregnant woman is greeted with much celebration among strangers – until the child is born and resembles a donkey. We spoke to Lindiwe Matshikiza, writer-director of the stage play 'Donkey Child'.