Department of Defence Annual Report 2008-2009

Table 2.13 Military Policy, Strategy and Planning
Ofce 5 Output for FY 2008/09
| Department of Defence |
| Programme 1: Defence Administration |
Output
Military strategy
and planning
capability, advice
and services for
C SANDF
Performance
Measure
Achievement
of SANDF
strategic planning
objectives and
targets
Validity and
alignment of the
Military Strategy
with National
Security Strategy
imperatives and
the successful
implementation
thereof
Annual Target
Plans and reports
are completed as
prescribed by the
planning cycle and
instructions, in full
alignment with
Government’s
timeline
Migration plan to
an implemented
force design
and structure
completed
Actual Target
Achievement
Plans and reports were
completed as prescribed
by the planning cycle
and instructions, in
full alignment with
Government’s timeline
Migration plan to an
implemented force design
and structure completed
Reason(s) for
Over/Under
Achievement
Achieved
Achieved
Effect of Programme/Subprogramme Output Achievement on ENE Vote 19 Purpose, Objectives and
Measures.
The achievement of the Output of the Military Policy, Strategy and Planning Ofce Output has positively
contributed to the Purpose of the Administration Programme to execute the DOD’s overall management,
administration and policy development.
SUBPROGRAMME: RELIGIOUS
SERVICES
Overview
The Religious Services continued to support the
strategic objectives of the Government and the
DOD during the FY 2008/09. The Religious Services
Division focused its ministry on a holistic religious
approach to all members and their dependents. It
concentrated on the moral regeneration and ethical
conduct of the military community in support of
the Government’s Moral Regeneration Movement
Programme. It maintained a healthy relationship
with religious bodies and faith groups to provide
better support to all members of the DOD. These
measures greatly enhanced the morale and conduct
of all members of the DOD during the past year.
As in the past, the Religious Services provided
support over a broad front. Apart from this, the
support delivered to DOD members and their
families included support to members of the DOD
in the operational areas, the military attachés and
their dependants. One of the most important events
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Budgeted within Policy and Planning.
that took place was the visit by the Chaplain-General
to Egypt where he, as the rst South African after
World War II, ofciated at the commemoration of
El Almein. The Chaplain Service also organised and
hosted the rst ever International Military Chief of
Chaplains’ Conference in Cape Town in February
2009.
The ties that have been forged in the past, as well
as new relationships that were started with SADC
chaplains, and chaplains in other parts of Africa,
have during the past year gone from strength to
strength. A milestone in the history of the Religious
Services is the assistance provided to SADC defence
forces (without Chaplain Services).
The Religious Services, in collaboration with the
Department of Environmental Affairs, provided
support to the Gough Island and SANAE base
research missions respectively. Interdepartmental
ties were also further strengthened when the
Religious Services participated in a symposium
themed: “Moral Regeneration”, organised by the
Department of Correctional Services. During the
xenophobic attacks the chaplains, especially in the
Western Cape, were actively involved in defusing
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