Profile of Mike Seloane

Mike Seloane is currently a Public Service Commissioner based in Gauteng Province. Before joining the Public Service Commission, he was a civil servant in the National Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs from June 2009 until October 2011 where he served in various capacities including being the Portfolio Head for Provincial and Municipal Governance Support and Acting Head for the National Disaster Management Centre.

His parliamentary experience began in 1994 as a founder Member of the new Gauteng Provincial Legislature (MPL) representing the African National Congress (ANC). After leaving the Legislature in December 1995, he joined the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) where he served as a Business Development Manager, he returned in 1999 and served as an MPL until 2009. As an MPL, he served on the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) for ten years, five as Chair, and numerous other committees. He also served on the Association of Public Accounts Committees (APAC) as Treasurer for seven years. As part of APAC, he chaired the inaugural meeting of the Southern African Development Community Organisation of Public Accounts Committees (SADCOPAC) in 2003.

Mike has been a political activist for more than thirty years. He was an activist in the youth and student movement, trade union, civic, the UDF, NGOs and broader education movement. He has held several leadership positions in the ANC from branch, sub-regional, regional and provincial level. He is currently the Chairperson of Mamelodi Community Information Services, Director of Centurion City Improvement District Forum and a Trustee of Thathazakho community Development Trust in Centurion.

He is married and has three children.