Chapter 2 - P rogramme 1 - Department of Defence

| Chapter 2 - Programme 1: Administration |
Annual Report FY 2007 - 2008
| Department of Defence |
Table 2.31 Defence Reserve Direction Subprogramme Outputs for FY 2007/08 (continued)
Output Performance Measure Target Actual Achievement
Performance and Service Delivery Improvement
84
Reserve website
maintained
Partially achieved. The website is
fully established; however, the lack
of staff in critical posts impedes
ongoing development and
maintenance. The policy on the
Promotion of Defence Reserves
is under development and will be
completed in 2008.
Detail of the Defence Reserve Direction Subprogramme’s performance and service delivery improvement
for FY 2007/2008 is reflected in Table 2.32.
Table 2.32 Defence Reserve Direction Subprogramme’s Performance and Service Delivery
Improvement for FY 2007/08
Activities
Reserves
representation at
all key decisionmaking
forums in
all Services and
Divisions
Policy Developments
Planned Management
Interventions
To agitate for the
finalisation and staffing
of the Reserve structure
in the Joint Operations
Division
Proposed changes to the legislation, to authorise
the call-up of Reserves in times other than war or
in times of need, were approved by the Plenary
Defence Staff Council and is currently before the
Portfolio Committee on Defence.
SUBPROGRAMME DEFENCE FOREIGN
RELATIONS
Overview
Defence Foreign Relations (DFR) contributed
towards Government’s imperatives and the Plan of
Action by increasing South Africa’s representation
specifically in Africa, as seen by the opening of
a Military Attaché Office at the South African
High Commission in Uganda during June 2007.
The subdivision was centrally involved in the
arrangements of all bilateral international meetings.
In Africa it was involved with continental and
regional multilateral organisations’ defence and
security structures, with special emphasis on the
activities of the Southern African Development
Community Organ and the Interstate Defence and
Security Committee, as such giving impetus to the
Government’s foreign relations initiatives (e.g. the
Anticipated Benefits Status Actual Achievements
Optimal Reserve
employment and
representation within Joint
Operations Division
Ongoing Partially achieved.
Progress has been made in
appointing more Reserves
members in the available
posts at all levels. The
Defence Reserve Board
monitors this aspect.
Africa Agenda). The consolidated defence diplomacy
achievements are reflected in Appendix B.
The Minister of Defence approved the appointment
of eight designated Defence Attachés for the normal
changeover of existing Defence Attaché office
personnel, as well as four SANDF members who
have been earmarked to open new military offices
in Canada, Tunisia, Vietnam and Sweden during
FY 2008/09.
Defence Foreign Relations successfully presented
the Third Defence Attaché Conference in Pretoria
in June 2007, where the serving Defence Attachés
were informed about the latest developments in
foreign and defence policies, as well as the Defence
Foreign Relations Strategy. The national strategic
importance of this event was underlined by the
personal involvement of the Minister of Defence,
who opened the conference, and the Secretary for
Defence, who closed the event. DFR contributed
to the achievement of the Apex Priorities of the
President by ensuring that the annual meeting of
the Joint Permanent Commission on Defence and
Security with Zimbabwe, and the support that the
Defence Attachés afforded the SA Defence-Related
Industry, contribute to the economic priorities of
Government. A draft Service-Level Agreement