Circular 41 lists 288 public service adverts, including 54 two-year internships in land reform

The Department of Public Service and Administration published Public Service Vacancy Circular 41 on 13 November 2026. It has 288 numbered adverts from 12 national departments and four provincial administrations: Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and the Western Cape.

The largest block comes from the Department of Land Reform and Rural Development: 54 internship adverts, each for 24 months with a stipend of R8 174.75 a month. The fields run from agriculture, surveying, town planning and GIS to finance, IT, records management, legal administration and videography. Applicants need the qualification named for the field and must not have worked as an intern or contract worker in the public service before. Most of these internships close on 30 November 2026 at 16:00.

There are also posts for early-career applicants. Employment and Labour advertises claims processors (8 posts), records administrators (9 posts) and claims credit officers (5 posts) at R280 278 a year. Several departments list clerks at R237 453 a year, and others advertise messengers, security officers, cleaners and porters.

Each department sets its own closing date, mostly 27 or 30 November 2026, and its own way to apply. Most ask for the Z83 form and a CV that quotes the reference number of the post. Read the advert for your post in the full circular before you apply.

Applying is free and nobody should pay for a job. Do not pay anyone who offers to get you a government post or an internship.