The Trump administration spent an estimated $9.5 billion last year on paid administrative leave for federal workers as it pushed to cut costs by shrinking the government, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Tuesday. Agencies’ use of paid administrative leave jumped by 435% from 2023 to 2025, the report found, and salary costs…
Amit Sahni, Director of Sales, Exaze. (Image: AI-enhanced) More than 25 years in technology sales and business development – including close to six years building Exaze’s presence in South Africa since joining in January 2021 – have taught me things that no management textbook quite captures. The clearest lesson is this: the quality of what…
Yesh Surjoodeen, MD of HP Southern Africa. [Photo: Lesley Moyo] Improving the employee experience – rather than simply deploying more technology – should be at the centre of companies’ future-of-work strategies, according to HP South Africa. Speaking at HP’s Future of Work Experience event in Johannesburg last week, Yesh Surjoodeen, MD of HP Southern Africa,…
Altron Digital Business MD Craig Stewart Altron Digital Business (ADB) has concluded a first-of-its-kind benchmark study focused on how employees experience technology across eight major institutions in the financial services industry. The Employee Technology Experience Index (TEXI) measured employee sentiment across eight core technology categories using a standardised scoring methodology. The findings reveal the scale…
Lyndon Subroyen, global head of digital and technology at Investec Investec has switched on Microsoft Copilot for all 8 000 of its employees, describing the move as the first full-workforce deployment of the AI assistant to be publicly announced by a South African organisation. The roll-out covers the dual-listed bank and wealth manager’s operations in…
Michele Spagnuolo allegedly used insider information to profit from bets on people on Google’s most-searched list. Published On 28 May 202628 May 2026 A Google software engineer has been charged with fraud by US authorities after allegedly using insider information to win more than $1.2m in bets on the prediction market platform Polymarket. Michele Spagnuolo,…
Heino Gevers, senior director of technical support at Mimecast. Intentional betrayal by employees now rivals accidental mistakes as a leading security risk for organisations, signalling a significant shift in enterprise security threats, according to cyber security and risk management company Mimecast. The company released findings from its ninth annual State of Human Risk Report, based…
KnowBe4, the world-renowned platform that comprehensively addresses human and agentic AI risk management, today announced it has earned several prestigious workplace awards in Q4 2025. These include Great Place to Work Certifications across 11 countries, recognition on Computerworld’s 2026 Best Places to Work in IT list, and honors from Top Workplaces and America’s Most Loved…
