People's Assembly

2023-w1647 - 12 July 2023

Maliyakhe Lymon Shelembe to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans

(1) Whether, with reference to the Chetty 491 housing project for military veterans in Port Elizabeth, a service-level agreement was signed between the Department of Human Settlement and the Department of Military Veterans; if not, why not; if so, are the specified houses built in line with the adequate housing requirements. (2) Whether she will furnish Mr M L Shelembe with a copy of the service-level agreement; if not, why not; if so, by what date. (3) Which representative of the Department of Military Veterans will be monitoring the process to ensure that there is compliance?

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2023-w2271 - 12 July 2023

Russel Nsikayezwe Cebekhulu to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans

(1) What happens to the surviving dependents of military veterans who have now passed on after waiting since last year for the promised grants to be rolled out to them as beneficiaries without much success? (2) Whether such surviving dependents of beneficiaries will be accommodated in the specified grants; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details surrounding the matter?

Reply from the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans on 12 Jul 2023

1) Section 5(2) of the Military Veterans Pension Benefit Regulations state that. Upon the death of a Military Veteran, a qualifying dependent / widow / widowers of a Military Veteran who immediately prior to his or her death, was in receipt of a pension benefit, may receive up to 50% of the pension benefit with effect from the first day of the month following ...

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2023-w2509 - 12 July 2023

Washington Tseko Isaac Mafanya to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans

What are the reasons that the new uniform of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF is being Manufactured in other countries when the Republic is the most viable country to produce it?

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2023-w2301 - 12 July 2023

Alexandra Jennifer Beukes to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans

In view of joint operations along the land borders of the Republic a well-trained and well-equipped SA National Defence Force with the National Treasury agreeing to supply R85 million for the purpose of acquiring borderline technology in the 2022-23 financial year, what (a) were the procurement challenges that prevented the acquisition of the specified technology in March 2023 and (b) steps will she take to prevent the challenges in future?

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2023-w2418 - 12 July 2023

Washington Tseko Isaac Mafanya to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans

What programmes has she initiated to rejuvenate the SA National Defence Force due to a shortage of required skills related to the aged army personnel and constraints of the budget?

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2023-w2314 - 12 July 2023

Washington Tseko Isaac Mafanya to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans

Whether her department is leasing any land and/or properties; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) total amount is her department paying per annum for leased land and/or properties and (b) security risk does the continued leasing of properties pose for the Republic?

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2023-w2315 - 12 July 2023

Washington Tseko Isaac Mafanya to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans

What progress has she made to resolve the problems faced to military veterans, which led to some military veterans allegedly taking some of the officials hostage?

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2023-w2302 - 12 July 2023

Alice Hlebani Mthembu to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans

Given that the latest SA National Defence Force (SANDF) morale survey found a neutral morale position of the Force, which were neither high levels of morale nor low levels, how will the SANDF improve the morale as it was identified that the procurement and quality purchases of SANDF equipment will be able to boost morale, in light of the SANDF and specifically the army facing constraints limited funds to make such a procurement of equipment?

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2023-w1389 - 30 June 2023

Sarel Jacobus Francois Marais to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans

(1) In light of the fact the Poland is a sovereign country and a member of the United Nations that is entitled to arm and defend itself, and with reference to her role in the National Conventional Arms Control Committee regarding the consideration of munitions exports permits by members of the South African Defence Industry, what are the reasons for disallowing and/or putting on hold export permit to Poland (2) Whether any negative intelligence reports have been corroborated; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) Whether any Government called on an inspection in terms of the end-user-certificate provisions; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

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2023-w671 - 11 April 2023

Washington Tseko Isaac Mafanya to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans

Whether she has assessed the efficacy of the deployment of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) to the Cape Flats to assist in fighting violent crimes; if not, why not; if so, lo what extent has she found did the deployment of the SANDF assist in fighting violent crime in Cape Town?

Reply from the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans on 11 Apr 2023

The efficacy of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) deployment in the Cape Flats or anywhere else it is deployed is always under constant review as the situation evolves, with force levels up scaling or downscaling, or even withdrawal of forces, as the situation demands. The deployment of the SANDF on the Cape Flats must be regarded as part of the support provided ...

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