The ongoing training opportunities offered to members of the South African Department of Defence by the British Ministry of Defence as well as the Foreign and Commonwealth Office needs also to be mentioned.
As a result, the budget of the Department of Defence has been declining for the past few years. Our defence budget allocation has forced us to re-examine our overall strategy with an aim of becoming affordable whilst still being able to deliver an effective defence force. On the occasion of the Defence budget vote earlier this year, we said that Defence is a large complicated machine.
T Manuel, P Jordan, T Didiza, M Mangena, M Lekota, N Madlala-Routledge, R Mabudafhasi, L Xingwana, C Gillwald, G Oosthuizen, S van der Merwe, S Shabangu & D Hanekom to conduct Municipal Izimbizo as part of Imbizo Focus Week, 8 9 Oc?