LETTER: 30 years after the Berlin Wall fell, Germany still battles with the legacy
That Germany still struggles with creating a unified nation places our own struggle in proper perspective, and underlines how far SA has come despite much greater challenges
11 November 2019 - 17:38
I experienced the effects of the fall of the Berlin Wall on the ground as head of the SA consulate in Frankfurt at the time. I could not help noticing the similarities that Germany and SA had to deal with after the fall of the wall and the end of apartheid in the same era.
After 40 years of an oppressive system in East Germany, there was a huge gap between West and East. West Germans welcomed their fellow countrymen, but soon frustration grew about the attitude of East Germans, who were widely perceived as expecting handouts and having poor work ethics...
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