Volume 24, Issue-2 Summer -year (2021) 1 | Page Capacity Development Programmes: Developing Positive Human Capital Capacity for Socio-Economic transformation in South Africa Eustache Tanzala Kikasu, Nirmala Dorasamy and Lawrence Mpele Lekhanya Durban University of Technology (DUT) ABSTRACT______________________________________________________________ This paper explores capacity development programmes as one of the indispensable tools towards developing dimensions of positive human capital capacity for socio-economic transformation in South Africa. The South African ruling party or consecutive governments have been emphasising on the commitment to implementing radical socio-economic transformation policies and programmes to meet the hopes and aspirations of all South Africans, especially the Black African majority who had been marginalised, exploited, dehumanised, and excluded by the apartheid system. Unfortunately, the radical socio-economic transformation narrative emerged as an ideological proxy battle by the ruling party for the control of Soul of South Africa. The vision for radical socio-economic transformation seems to be an unreachable agenda because the application process may take many years, as the country is still critically confronting various intractable challenges of endemic corruption, poverty, unemployment, inequality, etc., which in major part are caused by people in leadership or in different managerial levels, which are lacking administrative integrity and moral ethics. The lack of best practice of administrative (political) integrity and moral ethics are amongst the key challenges affecting socio- economic transformation in the country. In other words developing administrative integrity and moral ethics capacities (and other attributes of the dimensions of positive human capital capacity) for good governance, sustainable governance and development, and socio-economic transformation constitute a strong vaccine towards fulfilling effectively and efficiently administrative tasks, functions or responsibilities in order to influence positively the growth of socio-economic activities in the country. This paper intends to awake, alert and intensify vigorously the awareness of leaders from public and private institutions on the necessity of initiating and promoting programmes of capacity development that support the development of positive human capital capacity as a foremost key factor in tackling all forms of mismanagement (unprofessional conduct, maladministration, misbehaviour or misconduct) that affect harmfully/detrimentally socio-economic transformation process in the country. The PESTIE model or framework was applied to identify the key pillars towards developing positive human capital capacity; to identify the detrimental impacts of lacking the best practice of administrative key values such as administrative integrity and moral ethics, transparency, accountability, trustworthiness, honesty, empathy, loyalty, solidarity, sincerity, charity, courtesy, kindness, justice, etc., which are indispensable key values to promoting socio-economic transformation process in the country. A mixed methods approach was applied to gather different views, opinions, and perceptions from qualified stakeholders in the public and private sectors. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches were proficient in revealing the necessity of developing positive human capital capacity and tackling negative actions or malpractice practiced by people in position of leadership or managerial functions, through the promotion of positive human capital capacity development in the workplace. The results of this study revealed that it is people who practice administrative integrity and moral ethics capacities constantly that can be able to turn challenges into opportunities and contribute to improve the life of many citizens. In other words, it is what people do positively that turns failure/negative actions into