House Chair, the difficult overall state of government finances is public knowledge. However, that not withstanding, I can confirm that the Minister of Defence has been involved in ongoing discussions with the commander in chief of the South African National Defence Force and the Minister of Finance over the financing of our defence function.
The House would recall that the 2015 defence review presented three strategic policy options to Cabinet and Cabinet opted for a scenario where our defence capability is expanded independently to guarantee the sovereignty of the Republic; to meet continental expectations; to have the ability to intervene wherever there is a need on the continent; and to secure the national interest of our country at all times.
A work group consisting of all the relevant services and divisions has been established under the leadership of the director duo of special information to conduct a comprehensive audit of all censors and censor platforms presently in the inventory of the South African National Defence Force.
All acquisition projects currently on the Strategic Capital Acquisition Master Plan, SCAMP, that involve censors and censor platforms and technologies are currently under review. I thank you, House Chair.