This paper attempts to illustrate how industrial relations in the public service especially that of Botswana and South Africa impact significantly on security of tenure in the public service. It underscores the contention that there is more security of employment in circumstances where an employee is allowed to join a union and within that union to bargain collectively with others. A further attempt is made to find out how aspects of industrial relations in the two countries have significantly been influenced by conventions and recommendations of the International Labour Organisation. An argument is made that International labour standards positively impact on security of tenure in both the public and private sector especially the right to freedom of association. The study acknowledges the special and peculiar nature of the public service but however urges for an indivisible labour law regime for both public and private employment. An outline of unionisation in the public service in Botswana and South Africa is made. The position in Botswana is less than satisfactory in that only associations are permitted and only industrial workers employed by the state can organise and belong to unions. The South Afri

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