Fikeni briefs media on Public Service Commission Act assent
The commission's chairperson takes questions in Pretoria on the Act that now governs how the public service is overseen.
The chairperson of the Public Service Commission, Professor Somadoda Fikeni, will brief the media on the Presidential Assent to the Public Service Commission Act.
The briefing is set for Sunday, 20 September 2026 at 10h00, at the Ronnie Mamoepa Media Center, Tshedimosetso House, 1035 Francis Baard Street, Hatfield, Pretoria.
What the commission has put on the record
The Public Service Commission is the body that watches over the public service, and the Act now bearing its name sets the terms on which it does that work. The briefing is called specifically on the Presidential Assent to that Act, which places the legislation at the centre of the session rather than any single finding or complaint.
The advisory does not set out the contents of the Act, the date the President assented to it, or the changes it makes to the commission’s powers. Those are matters for the chairperson to address on the day.
Where it is being held, and how to follow it
The venue is the Ronnie Mamoepa Media Center at Tshedimosetso House in Hatfield, the government’s own briefing facility in Pretoria.
For journalists who cannot attend in person, the briefing will also be live-streamed on the commission’s social media platforms.
Media enquiries and RSVPs are being handled by Zodwa Mtsweni on 076 554 8890.
What it means for the people who use the public service
The public service is where most South Africans meet the state: at the counter where a document is issued, at the clinic, at the office that processes a grant or a licence. The commission exists to hold that machinery to its standards, and the Act that now carries its name is the instrument that shapes how it does so.
A briefing on the Act is therefore a briefing on the rules that govern who answers when a department does not deliver, and how.
What happens next
The briefing takes place at 10h00 on Sunday, 20 September 2026, at Tshedimosetso House, and will be carried on the commission’s social media platforms for those following remotely.
Source: South African Government (www.gov.za), Public Service Commission briefs media on Presidential Assent to the Public Service Commission Act, 20 Sept, https://www.gov.za/news/media-advisories/government-activities/public-service-commission-briefs-media-presidential
