Department of Defence Annual Report 2008-2009

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Institutions Reporting to the Executive Authority
The following institutions report to the Minister of Defence:
• Department of Defence (DOD)
• Armaments Corporation of South Africa (ARMSCOR)
• Castle Control Board
• South African National Defence Force Fund
Bills Submitted to the Legislature and Finalised during the Financial Year
• National Conventional Arms Control Amendment Bill
• Prohibition or Restriction on Certain Conventional Weapons Bill
Ministerial Visits Abroad for FY 2008/09
The Minister of Defence and Deputy Minister of Defence were engaged in a number of defence-related
diplomatic activities. Visits by the Minister are shown in Table 1.1, while those made by the Deputy Minister
are shown in Table 1.2 below.
Table 1.1 Visits by the Minister of Defence in FY 2008/09
Minister Lekota’s Visits
Date Country Purpose
9 – 11 April 2008 Angola Inbound: Minister of Defence receive Angola
Minister of Defence Goodwill visit
13 – 16 April 2008 Congo, Brazzaville Inbound: signing ceremony of the Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) on Defence
2 – 7 April 2008 Hashemaite, Kingdom of Jordan
State of Qatar
17 April 2008 Democratic Republic of Congo
(DRC)
To attend the Special Operations Forces Exhibition
(SPFEX 2008)
To confer with his counterpart, the Minister of
Defence of the State of Qatar
To discuss the Security Sector Reform (SSR) process
and the process of reconstruction of certain
military bases in the DRC
19 – 23 April 2008 Malaysia To attend the Defence Services Asia (DSA)
exhibition and Conference
5 – 8 May 2008 State of Qatar State visit initiated by the Presidency, and the DOD
was invited because of its relationship with Qatar
19 May 2008 Republic of Uganda Participate in a ceremony at OR Tambo School of
Leadership to:
• Lay Foundation Stone;
• Carry out ground-breaking ceremony for the
Monument in memory of fallen ANC members;
and
• Discuss Defence Co-operation arrangements
and inaugurate the Joint Defence Committee
(JDC)
19 – 21 May 2008 United States of America (USA) To attend the Special Session of the United Nations
Security Council (UNSC)
4 –6 June 2008 Angola To attend the meeting of the Inter-State Defence
and Security Committee of the Southern African
Development Community (SADC)
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xix Annual Report FY 2008 - 2009