Public Service

means the public service referred to in section 1(1) of the Public Service Act, 1994 (promulgated by Proclamation No. 103 of 1994), and includes any organizational component contemplated in section 7(4) of that Act and specified in the first column of Schedule 2 to that Act, but excluding-

1. the members of the National Defence Force;

2. the National Intelligence Agency; and

3. the South African Secret Service.