NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 315
Mr DA Worth (DA-FS) to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans:
(1) Whether her department has fulfilled its obligations in terms of the
agreement reached with the Free State Department of Agriculture and
commenced to work on the repairs to the (a) border fence and (b) roads
along the (i) Lesotho and (ii) Free State borders; if not, why not; if
so, what are the relevant details;
(2) whether members of the SA National Defence Force have been dispatched
to patrol the (a) border fence and (b) roads in this region; if not,
(i) why not and (ii) when will these patrols be dispatched; if so, what
are the relevant details? CW410E
REPLY
1. The Department of Defence does not have any agreement with the Free
State Department of Agriculture.
2. I, together with the Chief of the SANDF and the Secretary for Defence
met with the President and senior members of AgriSA on 24 May 2010 at
which I pledged my support to address the concerns raised about border
security with due consideration of financial and other constraints. I
also informed AgriSA of the SANDFâs phased roll out plan for its return
to the borders.