22 June 2006
Africa Public Service Day (APSD) Celebration - 23 June at Mmametlhake Agricultural Centre
The Mpumalanga Provincial Government will host the Africa Public Service Day Celebration as follows:
Venue: Mmametlhake Land Care Agricultural Centre, Dr JS
Moroka
Date: Friday, 23 June 2006
Time: 10h00
Background
Africa Public Service Day (APSD) is now an entrenched strategic event on the African Union calendar. Emanating from the declaration of the first Pan-African Conference of Ministers of Public (and Civil) Services held in Tangier, Morocco in 1994, the Ministers nominated the 23rd of June every as the date to celebrate Africa Public Service Day. The objective of the celebration is to recognize the value and virtue of service to the community.
The Ministers’ declaration was reaffirmed in the Stellenbosch Declaration adopted at the 4th Pan-African Minister