FY2006/07 to FY2008/09 - Department of Defence

chapter 1pose of socio-economic upliftment.support of any department of State for the puraccordancewith the Constitution and departmental The National Codification Bureau.policy on equal opportunity and affir-mative action.The SANDF is supported in the execution of its functionsby the Divisions that report to the Secretary forDefence, which are responsible for the management andWhilst exercising command and control over the South administration of the DOD.African National Defence Force, the Chief of the SouthAfrican National Defence Force is accountable to theMinister of Defence for the following:DEFENCE OUTPUTS 1 To meet all scheduled and ordered defencecommitments as specified in the DOD StrategicBusiness Plan.Overview. The DOD spends a great deal of time preparingfor various contingencies (possible missions) as discussed To ensure that the defence capabilities as specifiedin the DOD Strategic Business Plan forFY2006/07 are contingency ready and costeffectivesubject to the constraints imposed bythe Defence Vote for FY2006/07 and its medium-termprojection.in the next chapter and also conducts operationsinside and outside the borders of South Africa. The performanceof the DOD against its plan will be measuredquarterly as well as annually against performance measuresdeveloped by the Services and Divisions. TheInspector General of the DOD conducts regular audits in To ensure, in accordance with the provisions ofthe Constitution, the PFMA and TRs, that the system of financial management andorder to verify the results achieved. The outputs of individualDivisions and Services are described in theirrespective strategic business plans as indicated frominternal control established for the DOD iscarried out within the SANDF; the resources of the SANDF are used efficiently,Chapters 4 to 12.The outputs provided by the DOD to Government are aseffectively, economically and trans-follows:parently;the assets within the SANDF are managed Defence commitments which include operations that are ongoing in nature, andand safeguarded; andover and under-spending and unauthorised,for which plans and financial provision canbe made in advance;irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditureoperations that must be executed during thedo not occur.year and, if unforeseeable, for which no provisionhas been made; andFUNCTIONS OF THE SANDFjoint and multinational exercises required toprepare forces for operations. Landward defence capabilities.The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, (Act Air defence capabilities.108 of 1996) provides that the Defence Force may be Maritime defence capabilities.deployed for service in Military health capabilities. the defence of the Republic for the protection ofits sovereignty and territorial integrity; Defence diplomacy which include; defenceattachés, the servicing of defence-related compliance with the international obligationsof the Republic with regard to internationalbodies and other states;Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) and theparticipation in the defence structures of theUnited Nations (UN), the African Union (AU) the preservation of life, health or property;and the Southern African Development the provision or maintenance of essential services;Community (SADC). The servicing of international agreements the upholding of law and order in the Republicin co-operation with the South African PoliceService (SAPS), under circumstances set out inwhich include search-and-rescue operations,hydrographic service, defence-related policyadvice, and ministerial services.law, where the SAPS is unable to maintain law Cryptographic security services forand order on its own; andGovernment departments.1Outputs are defined by Treasury as "…the final goods or services rendered by departments to external customers orclients". The DOD defines the final goods and services produced by Services and Divisions that are supplied to internal customersor clients as "operational outputs".6D E P A R T M E N T O F D E F E N C E