State capacity should be ‘number one investment’, says PSC chair Somadoda Fikeni

Professionalising the public service may not accord with our “noisy, argumentative and sometimes headline-obsessed and temperamental democracy” but it remains crucial for all South Africans, says chairperson of the Public Service Commission (PSC) Somadoda Fikeni.Addressing the Kgalema Motlanthe’s Dialogue Among Equals in the Drakensberg on Sunday, Fikeni said state capacity undergirds overall economic performance.“You can talk about energy until your face is blue, you can talk about Transnet Freight and Rail but if you do not have professional capacity, you can talk about crime…