The Committee visited the Army Support Base Johannesburg (Lenz Military Base) and 21 Battalion, Doornkop on 31 July 2013. During its interaction with each base's management team, the Committee focussed on matters relating to the conditions of facilities and the interventions necessary to improve working and living conditions of soldiers; the extent to which each base succeeded in managing important human resource challenges such as the application of a fair and effective grievance resolution process, the filling of critical vacancies, as well as the extent to which transformation policies and objectives had been adhered to.