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This paper argues that as a developmental state, South Africa is faced with a series of critical issues in the arena of public service transformation. The paper further connotes that for democratizating the new administration and committing it to a developmental agenda, certain key policy initiatives need to be put in place. It circumvents to argue that the South African transformation is a microcosm of some of the challenges facing the international community.