Africa Public Service Day

23 June

Innovating governance for sustainable development and people centred public administration

Africa Public Service Day is an event entrenched in the African Union calendar. It originates from the conference of African Ministers for Public or Civil Service held in Tangier, Morocco in 1994. 

It was agreed at this conference that 23 June should be celebrated annually as Africa Public Service Day to recognise the value and virtue of service to the community.

It aims to discover innovations, reward excellence in the public sector, motivate public servants to further promote innovation, enhance professionalism in the public service, raise the image of public service, enhance trust in government, collect, document and share best practices for possible replication within a country as well as across the African Continent.

This year Government is celebrating 20 years of Public Service and Administration in a democracy. As we celebrate the achievements of the public service in moving South Africa forward, public servants must remember that they are the frontline of service delivery and play a key role in addressing our developmental goals.

The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) is the custodian of the day in South Africa.

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