Department of Defence Annual Report 2008-2009

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and positively demonstrated the state of readiness
of the SA Navy.
Logistics
Government’s Diplomatic Initiatives and Defence
Diplomacy. A new Defence Mission was opened
in Tunis. Currently, the DOD is represented in 53
countries and two international organisations.
Efforts to streamline the DOD’s logistics function to
a single point of responsibility have been undertaken
through the Logistics Intervention Realignment
Programme. To this end, a preferred Supply-Chain
Management model has been dened, and the
required service provider has been identied. The
year ahead will see development of the structures
to support supply-chain management at corporate
and unit levels.
Finance
The DOD has made reasonable progress in its
nancial management and accountability. This was
marked by the reduction of the audit qualications
from 16 to seven. During the latter part of the
nancial year under review, the DOD enlisted the
services of a reputable consortium as part of “Project
Clean Audit”. This was done for the purposes of
augmenting the DOD’s limited capacity in that area.
It is anticipated that these efforts will improve the
DOD’s accountability, nancial management, riskmanagement
and state of internal controls.
Strategic Capital Acquisition
Among the highlights of the period under review, ve
additional Augusta A109 Light Utility Helicopters
were delivered to the South African Air Force. This
brings the total number of aircraft delivered to the
contracted 28 aircraft. The last of the Hawk Lead-
In Fighter Trainer aircraft was delivered, completing
the contractual amount of 24 aircraft. Five dualseat
Gripen Advanced Light Fighter Aircraft were
also delivered to the South African Air Force.
The system implementation at Air Force Base
Makhado is currently ongoing. The Lynx maritime
helicopter, Occupational Testing and Evaluation
(OT&E), is ongoing and the rst deployment of a
Lynx helicopter onboard a naval frigate took place
successfully in October 2008.
The Africa Aerospace and Defence Exhibition
hosted in September 2008, was visited by 24
countries and hailed a great success.
Conclusion
The DOD’s performance in the period under
review was marked by signicant progress in critical
performance areas. Although there were some
challenges in some performance areas, reasons
therefore have been fully considered, and corrective
actions will be implemented in the year ahead. The
great spirit and unfailing commitment of our key
stakeholders is highly appreciated.
ACTING SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE:
DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL
T.E. MOTUMI
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Defence Diplomacy
The DOD continued to enhance its regional
and bilateral commitments in pursuit of the
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