<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Origin]]></title><description><![CDATA[Origin]]></description><link>https://www.originas.co.za/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:56:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.originas.co.za/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[New Employment Equity Regulations What Executives Need to Know]]></title><description><![CDATA[Employment equity can no longer sit in a policy folder or arrive as an annual reporting task. The new regulatory direction in South Africa places clearer pressure on designated employers to show measurable progress, credible planning, sound consultation, and defensible data. For executives, the message is direct: employment equity is now a boardroom issue. It affects legal compliance, access to public sector work, workforce planning, skills development, leadership pipelines, and...]]></description><link>https://www.originas.co.za/post/new-employment-equity-regulations-what-executives-need-to-know</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac4f1e4ac4f6bf0c0512a12</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:05:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c0dd8b_0b3d45e2e1b64a578c3c9c928fe82f9d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_896,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Monique Verwey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Employment Equity in the Workplace Why It Matters and How to Make It Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[A workplace can look fair on the surface while still giving some people fewer chances to be hired, trained, promoted, or heard. Employment equity is the work of finding those gaps, removing the barriers behind them, and creating a workplace where talent is not limited by race, gender, disability, age, background, or any other protected ground. In South Africa, the idea carries particular weight. The country’s labour market still reflects the long shadow of apartheid, unequal education,...]]></description><link>https://www.originas.co.za/post/employment-equity-in-the-workplace-why-it-matters-and-how-to-make-it-work</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac4f0fdac4f6bf0c0512879</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:01:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c0dd8b_83bbf024b2244e7599c8f283adcf6164~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_896,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Monique Verwey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding Governance Maturity: Stages, Examples, and Business Benefits]]></title><description><![CDATA[Good governance rarely fails all at once. It usually weakens in smaller ways first: unclear decisions, missed risks, duplicated work, slow approvals, poor documentation, and teams that rely on one or two people to “just know” how things are done. Governance maturity is a way to understand how well an organisation makes decisions, manages accountability, controls risk, and learns from experience. It helps leaders move beyond policies on paper and ask a more practical question: do our...]]></description><link>https://www.originas.co.za/post/understanding-governance-maturity-stages-examples-and-business-benefits</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac4f0126c2ede780621564d</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:58:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c0dd8b_f055744e69e74a2dbe89e8cb370ce906~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_896,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Monique Verwey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[B-BBEE and Procurement in South Africa: Boosting Transformation Through Smart Buying]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every rand a company spends with suppliers can either repeat old patterns or help build a broader, fairer economy. That is why procurement sits so close to the heart of B-BBEE in South Africa. Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment is more than a compliance scorecard. At its best, it is a practical tool for opening markets, growing black-owned businesses, building skills, and widening participation in the economy. Procurement is one of the most direct ways businesses can support that goal,...]]></description><link>https://www.originas.co.za/post/b-bbee-and-procurement-in-south-africa-boosting-transformation-through-smart-buying</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac4eec160b96c0e266d6f22</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:51:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c0dd8b_63272b3fdd724c07bf8b9ee72ef373ba~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_896,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Monique Verwey</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>