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D E P A R T M E N T O F D E F E N C EVisited the deployment areas to further evaluate andgather first-hand information from deployed membersregarding remuneration and conditions of service ondeployment in order to present feedback to the Minister.The final report was presented to the Minister and to theJoint Standing Committee on Defence during March2011.The Military Bargaining Council (MBC) and MilitaryArbitration Board (MAB) remained non-functional as noneof the military trade unions met the required threshold of 15000 members, a requirement, as stipulated in Chapter 20 ofthe General Regulations of the SANDF, to be admitted to theMBC. However, the DOD continued to engage the militarytrade unions outside the MBC to discuss issues of mutualinterest.On 11 March 2011, the Registrar of Military Trade Unionsderegistered the South African Security Forces Union(SASFU) for non-compliance with Regulation 42 of theGeneral regulations for the SANDF and Reserve members.SASFU therefore has no collective bargaining and organizationalrights in the DOD.During the year under review, the Minister approved the recommendationfor the implementation of the re-ranking of formerNon-statutory Force members within the FinanceManagement Division. In terms of this recommendation, allmembers who were so disadvantaged will have their ranksrectified and be compensated accordingly.Owing to serious infrastructure shortcomings at the PersonnelServices School, accreditation as a training facility could notbe obtained as a result and the accredited curricula for thetraining of Human Resource Practitioners could not beimplemented. This situation is crippling the entire DOD interms of the training of Human Resource Practitioners.During the FY2010/11 an amount of R600 000 was allocatedtowards the upgrading of the facilities and this project willbe carried to the next financial year.The Division continued to coordinate the management of HRrelated audit queries and with the establishment of a nodalpoint for communication with the Auditor General (AG) onHR related matters, this has already resulted in fewer negativefindings.Despite relatively low staffing levels and financial constraints,the Division has continued to render the expectedoutput during the past financial year. The Division is committedto continuing with its efforts to support the overall strategicgoals of the SANDF and the DOD as a whole.O b j e c t i v e s a n d M e a s u r e sThe Human Resource Strategic Support Services providedirection and policy for the effective management of humanrights and labour relations in the DOD.O u t p u t D e t a i lTable 4.6 below provides details of the Human ResourceSupport Services Subprogramme output, performance measuresand targets specified in the output table in the DODStrategic Plan FY2010/11.Table 4.6: Human Resource Support Services Output Detail for the FY2010/11OutputTransformationmanagementserviceto the DODHuman Resources(HR)StrategicDirection andPlans serviceto the DODHR managementserviceto the DODPerformanceIndicatorCompilation and submissionof an annualDOD Equity ReportAnnual approved DODcorporate HR SupportPlanAnnual reduction ofDOD collective grievancesPercentage completionof Non-Statutory ForcesPension ProjectAnnual TargetOctober120%30%Actual TargetAchievementNovember125%8.26%514/6220 = 8.26%Reasons for Over/Under AchievementAchievedAchievedAchieved. Implementation of theSingle Grievance Procedure hascontributed to a higher targetachievementThe Cabinet Memorandum forthe revised NSF dispensationwas only approved in Dec 2010and the revised GEPF rules forsuch a dispensation was onlyapproved on 16 Mar 2011. Theimplementation can only commenceafter such an approval34ANNUAL REPORT FY 2010/2011