NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION 564
Mr L J Tolo (Cope) to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans:
Whether her department has successfully conducted the envisaged 21
interdepartmental and
multinational military force preparation exercises within the constraints
of the budget and according to plan; if not, why not; if so, what are the
relevant details? NW622E
REPLY:
According to the Department of Defence Strategic Business Plan for the
Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) financial year 2010/11 to
financial 2012/2013 the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has
planned to conduct 21 Joint Interdepartmental and Multinational Military
Force Preparation Exercises over the period 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2013.
The eight exercises that were planned for the period 2010/11 were conducted
within the financial constraints of the Department of Defence budget. A
further exercise, Ex SHARED ACCORD, has been included in the Multinational
Military Force Exercise programme for 2011/12 and will be conducted within
the allocated budget. The inclusion of Ex SHARED ACCORD is a result of a
consultation that took place between the SANDF and the specific partner
premised on an existing Defence Committee Agreement. The scheduled
exercises for the financial year 2012/13 can be cancelled or rescheduled
depending on any given situation. This may necessitate an inclusion of a
new exercise.
The following exercises were cancelled due to budgetary constraints by the
foreign participants:
a) Exercise OXIDE for the financial year 2010/11
b) Exercise TRANSOCEANIC for the financial year 2010/11