Deputy President Paul Mashatile on Thursday said South Africa must look beyond skills alignment as automation and artificial intelligence were widening the gap between training systems and the workplace.
Addressing the 5th Human Resource Development Council Summit at the Gallagher Convention Centre, Mashatile said technical competence alone was no longer enough in a rapidly changing world.
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“Ethical leadership, critical thinking, and social capabilities are now equally essential. Our challenge, therefore, is not simply one of skills alignment but of capability expansion as well,” he said.
The deputy president said success in a dynamic and uncertain world increasingly depended on human and social capabilities such as
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