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1315 THURSDAY, 13 NOVEMBER 2008
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followed by disobeying lawful
commands and orders.
Also included are criminal
offences, such as theft, fraud,
crimen injuria and assault.
Further offences that are
fairly frequent are those relating
to the driving of official
motor vehicles without
authority, recklessly, etc.
(cc) Disciplinary action. In most
cases the offenders are sentenced
to a fine. In a number
of cases offenders were sentenced
to imprisonment and
discharged with ignominy
from the SANDF. At times
the sentences are suspended.
Detention has also been used,
coupled with reduction to the
ranks where an offender was
a rank-bearing member.
Future of Daphné submarines
1795. Moulana M R SAYEDALI-SHAH
(DA) asked the Minister of Defence:
With reference to his reply to Question
1385 on 9 October 2008, what happened
to the older Daphné class submarines now
that they have been replaced? NW2589E
The MINISTER OF DEFENCE:
(1) Two of the Daphné Class submarines
(SAS Spear and SAS uMkhonto) were
disposed of by the SA Navy as Category
1 Weapon Systems whereafter
the submarine hulls were alienated by
the Armaments Corporation of South
Africa (Defence Materiel Disposal) in
terms of prescripts after Ministerial
Approval was granted for the disbandment
of the submarines as units of the
SA Navy as indicated below:
(a) SAS Spear. The contract to sell the
submarine was awarded to SA
Metal and Machinery Co (Pty) Ltd
who demolished the submarine in
Simon’s Town as scrap during
June/July 2003.
(b) SAS uMkhonto. The contract to
sell the submarine was awarded to
SA Metal and Machinery Co (Pty)
Ltd who demolished the submarine
in Simon’s Town as scrap
during July/August 2008.
(2) The third submarine (SAS Assegaai has
been decommissioned in November
2003 and preserved as an exhibit at the
SA Navy Museum in Simon’s Town.
Flights undertaken
1799. Mr G R MORGAN (DA) asked the
Minister of Defence:
(a) How many (i) international and (ii)
national flights were undertaken by certain
aircraft (details furnished) during the
period 1 January 2007 up to the latest
specified date for which information is
available, (b) what was the (i) departure
and arrival date and (ii) destination in
each case, (c) who were passengers on
each journey and (d) what was the (i) total
cost and (ii) breakdown of such cost in
respect of each journey? NW2594E