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S A S O L D I E R 2011 review of defenceHeeding the President’scall for job creationArticle and photo by S SgtLebogang TlhaoleIn support of the Government’sdrive to achieve more with less,more partnerships are pursuedwith other organs of state to assistin the delivery of the justifiablesocio-economic needs of ruralareas and those at local level.The vision of the Minister of Defenceand Military Veterans, Ms LindiweSisulu, to establish a National YouthService was further enhanced when500 youths from the country’s eightprovinces received their certificatesat a function held at the Departmentof Defence Mobilisation Centre at DeBrug near Bloemfontein on 17 March2011.The youth were recruited by theDepartment of Rural Developmentand Land Reform and secondedto the Department of Defence fora seven-week foundation phaseof pilot training. This speciallydesigned foundational training of anon-military nature was intended totrain the youth in, among others, selfdiscipline,patriotism, civic educationand civic participation (voluntarism).Mr Gugile Nkwinti, Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform,accompanied by Lt Gen Derick Mgwebi, the then Chief of HumanResources (now Chief of Joint Operations), congratulating thefirst group of the National Rural Youth Service Corps who havesuccessfully completed their course.This programme is called theNational Rural Youth Service Corps(NARYSEC), the main goal of whichis to recruit and develop a NationalRural Youth Service Corps of membersaged between 18 and 35 years to betrained to perform community servicein their own communities.The NARYSEC is a Government effortto curb migration to urban areas witha view to dealing with the escalatinglevels of service delivery protest actionand high levels of unemploymentthat are prevalent among the youthand people in rural areas and toreskill young citizens. It is thereforeanother opportunity for economicparticipation through maintenance ofexisting infrastructure.The focus of the programme is youthdevelopment in the rural areas and theneed to address the challenges of a lackof skills and unemployment.During her Budget Vote speech on4 May 2010, the Minister of Defenceand Military Veterans announced herintention to introduce a bill that wouldprovide the necessary legal frameworkfor the creation of a National YouthService. In this regard the DOD hasembarked on a public consultativeprocess to solicit inputs from variousdefence stakeholders, particularlyyouth formations.Once established, the National YouthService will, among others, seekto address the challenges of youthunemployment. This will be done byensuring that all youth are introducedto the Department of Defence’sfacilities where they will be offeredskills to build on.(For more information please read thearticle as published in SA Soldier, April2011 edition, pages 12 and 13.)34 • M A Y 2 0 1 2
2011 review of defenceSADC Defence Committeeunited against piracyS A S O L D I E RBy Cpl Ally RakomaPhoto: Sgt Elias MahumaThe Southern AfricanDevelopment Community(SADC) Defence Chiefs, andheads of intelligence agenciesmet to work out a joint regionalanti-piracy and maritime crimestrategy at the Velmore Estate outsidePretoria from 24 to 27 July 2011.The Minister of Defence and MilitaryVeterans, Ms Lindiwe Sisulu, accompaniedby the Chief of the SANDF,Gen Solly Shoke, addressed thoseattending the welcoming function anddescribed the meeting as a historicoccasion, as this was the first time thatall the Defence Chiefs of the SADChad gathered in the same place, andSouth Africa and its SADC neighbourswere ready to work collectively on ajoint anti-piracy and maritime-crimestrategy.Minister Sisulu said that the effectivenessof the meeting would begreater if individual countries combinedtheir efforts rather than ifeach member country had a plan ofits own. It was important that theSADC Defence Committee shouldsynchronise its legislative, political,economic and judicial policies to allowthe armed forces of member countriesto operate swiftly and effectivelyagainst maritime criminals, includingpirates.She said: “The SADC member statesshould put in place robust laws to curbpiracy effectively. The current practiceof ‘catch-and-release’ of pirates shouldbe stopped, since it allows experiencedpirates to become more sophisticatedand there have been around 1 600acts of piracy, which have causedimmeasurable harm.”Ms Sisulu added that the increasein piracy off the Horn of Africa wasdirectly linked to the continuinginsecurity and the absence of theMs Lindiwe Sisulu, the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans,stressing that the SADC must establish robust rules of engagementfor anti-piracy during the welcoming function.rule of law. In this respect piracy hadincreased the cost of trade. She said: “Asregions are increasingly regarded asthreatened by piracy, they are seen asunstable, or volatile, and entire tradingroutes are altered, insurance premiumsincrease, and cargo shippers usealternative ports to pick up and delivertheir goods.”The meeting provided a forum toestablish a common framework of cooperationand a regional network ofmaritime nations for a free and securemaritime domain. Regional issues ofmutual interest were discussed andthe strategic ramifications of the SADCinitiative were highlighted as a majordevelopment in the maritime arena.Regional maritime security capabilitieswere required that would make theSADC region a world-class maritimeplayer and this would boost economicdevelopment.There was much discussion oftransnational maritime networksthat posed a threat, humantrafficking, piracy, terrorism andother factors that could retardregional maritime and generaleconomic interests. The provision ofmaritime environmental protectionand maritime resource coordinationwould ensure the safetyof seafarers, chartered vessels andother shipping. Coastal monitoring,surveillance, identification andtracking would be invaluable to thenavies, government entities, portsauthorities and maritime industry.The Chief of the SANDF pointed outthat SADC member states wouldhave to take responsibility fortheir own maritime security in cooperationwith other regions, taskforces, navies and role-players.(For more information please readthe article as published in SA Soldier,September 2011 edition, page 22.)M A Y 2 0 1 2 • 35
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