Attract the best of the best for public service

Thursday afternoon, more than three months after it was first promised, President Cyril Ramaphosa tabled before Parliament and the nation his ANC government’s economic reconstruction and recovery plan. Even if every aspect of this recycled and repackaged plan were to be implemented tomorrow, it still would not fundamentally revitalise our dormant economy and create millions of real, permanent jobs. This is because our state lacks the capacity to do this. And, without an agile and properly functioning state, even the most