Rioters looted shops in central Frankfurt late on Saturday as clashes erupted in German cities over the cost of living. Besides Frankfurt – Germany’s financial hub – there were incidents of violence in Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg, with police saying they used water cannons to disperse protesters targeting emergency workers with fireworks, stones and bottles….
Masked rioters smashed storefronts and looted goods late Saturday in Frankfurt, Germany amid a protest against the rising cost of living. The largely peaceful demonstrations were led by a youth initiative called “Gen Z regelt” – roughly translated to “Gen Z’s got this” – rallied in more than 30 cities “for education, health, climate protection…
As Moscow courts African governments with promises of trade, investment and security cooperation, Accra must guard against opaque deals, resource dependence and commercial relationships that leave the country carrying more risk than reward. Ghana’s growing economic engagement with Russia presents an opportunity, but one that demands considerably more scrutiny than diplomatic declarations of friendship and…
The war with Iran has cost the U.S. military at least $47.1 billion as of mid-October, according to a new estimate from U.S. Central Command obtained by CBS News. The bulk of the war’s price tag is the cost of replacing expended munitions, which CENTCOM pegged at around $29 billion, according to the latest estimate,…
Andre Den Hond and Jason Oehley of Arctic Wolf In this episode of TCS+, brought to you by Arctic Wolf, Jason Oehley, the company’s country sales manager, and Andre Den Hond, senior systems engineer, talk about why South Africa is bearing the brunt of ransomware in Africa and what businesses can do about it. The…
The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has questioned whether the communications department and regulator Icasa are capable of bringing down what South Africans pay to communicate. In a statement on Monday, it asked whether lowering the cost to communicate is “still a government priority”. Data prices are falling, the industry body said, but the overall…
New Global Survey Finds Majority of VMware Users Are Choosing Alternative Paths for Cost Control, Roadmap Flexibility and Better Support Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), the Software Support and Agentic AI ERP Company™ and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software, today announced findings from the 2026 IT Virtualization Survey –…
Cell C CEO Jorges Mendes The R20.8-million Cell C CEO Jorge Mendes spent on the company’s shares in September sits on top of a far larger holding he did not pay for: 7.65 million shares, worth about R203-million at the R26.50 listing price, allocated to him by the operator’s largest shareholder when it listed on…
President Ntuli, MD of Hewlett Packard Enterprise South Africa. The adoption of agentic AI carries hidden costs that could become difficult for CFOs, CIOs and boards to measure and control, warns President Ntuli, MD of Hewlett Packard Enterprise South Africa. A single prompt or automated workflow can trigger multiple tokens, compute demands, infrastructure pressure and…
Apple on Wednesday unveiled a foldable called iPhone Duo, introducing the biggest change in years in the company’s flagship product. The US$1 999 starting price for the iPhone Duo means it will could cost north of R50 000 when it is launched in South Africa. TechCentral has calculated this estimate based on the non-discounted price of…
