Public Service Month 2022

1 to 30 September 

September marks Public Service Month in South Africa. Public Service Month (PSM) is an integrated strategic national event in the calendar of the Department of Public Service and Administration.

September marks Public Service Month (PSM) in our country. The integrated government wide programme will encompass:

• Public Service Month
• Heritage Day
• Tourism Month
• Police – Commemoration Day; to remember the fallen heroes and heroines.

The Public Service Month serves as a reminder of what it means to serve communities and to also look at the impact the government has, especially around issues of service delivery. As part of the Public Service Month, public servants are expected to:

• Roll up their sleeves and spring-clean their service delivery points;
• Visit schools, hospitals, police stations and courts, talk to citizens, mediate the delivery of services and getting things done;
• Unblock the bottlenecks and red-tape in the delivery of services;
• Ensure the systems and infrastructure are working and use public resources efficiently to the benefit of the citizens; and
• Recommit themselves to belong, to care and to serve the people.