Incapable state? Alarm sounded on public servants without required qualifications

For as long as the government's most senior officials aren't qualified for their positions, South Africans should not expect better services from the state.

That's the warning from the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) after Public Service and Administration Minister Noxolo Kiviet told Parliament that the number of unqualified senior government officials remained stubbornly high.

In response to a written parliamentary question from the DA's Mimmy Gondwe, Kiviet said there were 1 801 officials not qualified.