November - Department of Defence

Adding to celebrating ten years ofour democracyThe Chief of Corporate Staff, Lt GenTemba Matanzima, officially openedthe 10th Executive National SecurityProgramme (ENSP) held at the SANational Defence College in ThabaTshwane in Pretoria on 12 July 2004.This was the tenth ENSP to be presentedand as such was a fitting tribute toadd to the celebrations of ten years offreedom and democracy in SouthAfrica.Lt Gen Matanzima emphasisedthat it was vital for other governmentdepartments and private organisationsto take note of the importanceaccorded the ENSP by the SANDF, torealise their obligation to becomeinvolved and support these programmesby ensuring that membersfrom their departments and organisationsattend as programme members.Prior to 2000 the SA DefenceCollege presented the Joint StaffCourse. The Joint Staff Course wasaimed primarily at educating seniorSANDF officers at the military strategiclevel. Changes within our countryafter 1994 necessitated the need to prepareour officers at the national strategiclevel and to expose them to othergovernment departments, foreigndefence perspectives and the civiliansector; hence the introduction of theENSP."This programme presents anopportunity of a lifetime. During thenext nineteen weeks you will have theopportunity to develop yourselves atthe highest level the SANDF has toBursaries awarded to two learnersTwo girls from Voortrekker HighSchool in Pretoria were each handed acheque of R500,00 by the Chief of theSANDF, Gen Siphiwe Nyanda, at theDefence Headquarters in Pretoria on 27September 2004. Sisipho Bolowana(16), a Grade 11 learner, and SiveMatowani (19), a Grade 12 learner,were this year's lucky learners to benefitfrom the Defence Bursaries TrustFund. "About five years ago we decidedto donate R1 000,00 annually forbursaries to the members of the DODand their families. Children who arestill at high school receive R500,00,while those who are in a tertiary institutionreceive R1 000,00," said Mr JohanFourie, Secretary of the Trust Fund.(Article by Lebohang Letaoana)Fltr: Col Mariëtte Hartley (Directing Staff), Lt Col Stefan Blomqvist (Sweden),Col Eduardo Barbosa (Brazil), Lt Gen Temba Matanzima (Chief of CorporateStaff), Maj Gen Paul Ramahlo (Chief Army Force Prep), Col Mhran Abdel(Egypt) and Capt (FN) Fabre Fabre. (Photo: F Sgt David Nomtshongwana)offer. At the same time you can prepareyourselves for making a greatercontribution and playing a moreimportant role in the successful handlingof national security matters," LtGen Matanzima said.(Article by PO Dennis Ndaba)Fltr: Tembile Bolowana, Sisipho Bolowana, Fundiswa Matowani, GenSiphiwe Nyanda, the Chief of the SANDF, Sive Matowani and Mr JohanFourie, Secretary of the Defence Bursaries Trust Fund.(Photo: Cpl Elias Mahuma)11N O VEMBER 2 0 0 4 • S A S O L D I E R