Department of Defence Annual Report 2008-2009

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Indicators
Number of active
Reserves
Number of
students graduating
from the Military
Academy with a
Bachelor’s degree
Number of
members
professionally
developed at senior
DOD Training
Institutions
(SANDF Defence
College, SANDF
War College,
Warrant Ofcers’
Academy)
Performance
Past
2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 Annual
Projection
2008/09
Current
Actual Achievement 2008/9
Reason for Deviation
17 340 13 050 12 583 12 210 19 763
More active recruitment of
members led to the increase of
more than 7 000 than projected
40 44 38 45 66
Students qualied exceeded
projected target
167 185 184 189 185
SERVICE DELIVERY IMPROVEMENT PLAN
6 x Students at the SANDF
War College did not complete
the course and 2 x students at
the Warrant Ofcers’ Academy
failed the course
Table 10.3 provides the Actual Achievement of the Main Services Provided and Standards for the year
under review in accordance with the Strategic Business Plan FY 2008/09.
Table 10.3 Main Services Provided and Standards
Main Services
MSDS: the MSDS
provided qualied
military practitioners
who enhanced the
operational readiness
of the SANDF (to
be able to deploy
for external and
internal operations)
by rejuvenating
Regulars and Reserves
and secondly, by
granting development
and empowerment
opportunities to the
South African youth
Primary
Clients
DOD
(Services and
Divisions)
Secondary
Clients
Defence Act
Personnel
and Public
Service Act
Personnel
Standard of
Service
Intake of
4 200 MSDS
recruits
In the system
– 7 494
(inclusive of
the above
intake)
The number
exiting –
about 1 800
Actual Achievement Against
Standards
A total of 4 334 MSDS members
entered the MSDS during Financial
Year 2008/09. During the reporting
period, 176 members accepted a
Core Service System (CSS) contract
before completion of the MSDS
contract period. Of the 3 382
MSDS members who successfully
completed their two-year MSDS
contract periods in December 2008,
2 219 accepted CSS contracts
There were 7 357 MSDS members
in the system as at 31 March 2009
During the reporting period, a total
of 1 445 MSDS members exited
either before, or upon, expiry of
their MSDS contract periods, with
102 MSDS members having joined
the Reserves
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147 Annual Report FY 2008 - 2009