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D E P A R T M E N T O F D E F E N C ES U B P R O G R A M M E : D E F E N C ER E S E R V E D I R E C T I O NO v e r v i e wThe Defence Reserve Division continued its monitoring rolethrough the Defence Reserve Board to ensure the implementationof the Reserve Strategy by the Services and Divisions.During the period under review, the strength of the totalReserves was 26 147 of which 12 362 were called up. Theexternal deployments conducted by the Reserves in PeaceSupport Operations continued and Reserves were also successfullyemployed in border safeguarding duties.Several tertiary institutions have been engaged to give effectto the roll-out of the University Reserve Training Programme(URTP) and most institutions have shown great enthusiasmand have pledged to support the programme. The SA Armywill commence with the programme at the University of theFree State during FY2011/12 and the other services will startimplementing the programme in FY2012/13.Six Defence Provincial Liaison Councils (DPLCs) have beenestablished in six of the nine provinces to ensure support forReserves service from industry, non-governmentalOrganisations (NGOs), academia and traditional leaders.Other DPLCs are in the process of being established.A delegation from the Defence Reserve Division and ServiceReserve representatives attended the New York StatePartnership Program Conference conducted by the New YorkNational Guard. The aim of the visit was to bring togetherrepresentatives of the South African Ministry of Defence andMilitary Veterans, the SANDF, the New York National Guardand the New York State Government to discuss the future ofthe partnership programme.In terms of marketing the Defence Reserve System, the followingwas achieved:Two editions of the "Reserve Force Volunteer" werepublished and widely distributed while the websitewww.rfdiv.mil.za was continuously updated.Marketing and physical support were provided to theexpanded annual Combat Rifle Shooting Competition inBloemfontein in which 34 Reserve shooting teamsfrom different units competed.A number of Captains of Industry and local opinionmakers attended marketing and promotional activitiesof the Reserves, such as the SA Navy seagoing daysand the Artillery Corps of the South African Army openday.Support was provided to the Cape Town and KwaZuluNatal tattoos.The Division was instrumental in providing strategic directionand specialist policy advice to the Minister, C SANDF,Secretary for Defence, Service and Division during aMinisterial work session on matters pertaining to theenhancement of the Reserve Service System.The Division was active in the development of the DefenceAmendment Bill that provided for the obligation on Reservemembers to serve when called upon to do so in times otherthan war. This bill was passed in December 2010 and the legislationis now part of the Defence Amendment Act (Act No.22 of 2010). Another achievement is that the 22% pay differentialbetween Regulars and Reserves was resolved duringthe reporting year.Strategically, the main challenges for the development of aviable Reserve System remain the lack of an effective feedersystem to ensure the rejuvenation of the Reserve and thelimited continuation training budget to maintain the readinessof the members in the system.O b j e c t i v e s a n d M e a s u r e sThe Defence Reserve Direction Subprogramme directs thedevelopment and maintenance of the Reserve Force system,provides specialist advice on Reserve matters and promotes/markets the Reserve and the volunteer Reserve system.O u t p u t sTable 4.15 below provides details of the Defence ReserveDirection outputs, performance indicators and targets asspecified in the DOD Strategic Plan FY2010/11.ANNUAL REPORT FY 2010/2011 49