White Paper on Defence and Defence Review “Defence Update 2005” Portfolio Committee on Defence: 17 May 2005

Status of the WP&DR Chapters

Defence Update 2005 Architecture Ministerial Foreword Introduction Chapter 1: The Changed Strategic Environment Chapter 2: Collective Security Chapter 3: South Africa’s Approach to National Security Chapter 4: Defence Role, Functions, Objectives, & Missions Chapter 5: Required Defence Capabilities Chapter 6: Required Defence Resources Chapter 7: Defence Governance Conclusion

Status of Chapters (1) Chapter 1: The Changed Strategic Environment Chapter 2: Collective Security Chapter 3: South Africa’s Approach to National Security Chapter 4: Defence Role, Functions, Objectives, & Missions Chapter 5: Required Defence Capabilities Chapter 6: Required Defence Resources Chapter 7: Defence Governance Completed (CPP) Completed (CCS) Partially completed (CCS) Commenced (CFO) Completed and under editing (CPP)

Status of Chapters (2) Chapter 5: Required Defence Capabilities CCS to present the Force Design Proposal to the PDSC on 20 June 2005. CCS will submit Chapter 5 to the editing committee one week thereafter. Chapter 6: Required Defence Resources CFO will present the Financial Instruction for the costing of the Force Design to the DSC on 30 May 2005. CFO will present the Force Costing Proposal at the PDSC on 18 July 2005. Submission of Chapter 6 to the editing committee will be one week thereafter, i.e. 25 July 2005. Report 2 The Editing Committee tasked to prepare Report 2 for presentation at the PDSC of 15 August 2005.

Consultation

Prior Consultation & Briefings (1) Briefings to the DSC 23 August 2004 03, 06, 13 & 27 September 2004 01 & 06 October 2004 31 January 2005 7 March 2005 16 May 2005 Briefings to DOD Councils 21 January 2005 – Denel Management Board 01 March 2005 – SAAF Air Command 01 March 2005 – Army Council 17 March 2005 – Navy Board and Fleet Command 15 April 2005 – Surgeon General Staff Council 10 May 2005 – Operations Staff Council   Briefing to MOD 27 August 2004 04 September 2004 Tabled at COD on 04 February 2005 Tabled at COD 18 March 2005

Prior Consultation & Briefings (2) Briefings to Portfolio Committee on Defence 15 & 22 June 2004 17 August 2004 05 & 12 October 2004 02 November 2004 16 February 2005 17 May 2005   Public Hearings on 25 October 2004 The University of Witwatersrand in collaboration with the Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD) Africa Institute of South Africa Aerospace, Maritime and Defence Association (AMD) The Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR) Advisory Board on Military Veterans Institute for Security Studies (ISS) SASFU Ceasefire Campaign Catholic Bishop’s Conference CSIR

Prior Consultation & Briefings (3) Cluster briefings: Sec Def briefed the DG’s JCPS cluster on 05 April 2005. Deputy MOD briefed the Cabinet JCPS Committee on 21 April 2005.

Approach to Public Consultation The position on public consultations adopted by the MOD and PCD is the following. The route embarked upon in the writing of the 1996 White Paper and Defence Review, i.e. the holding of workshops in nine provinces, was not feasible to undertake in the present Defence Update 2005 process due to time and resource constraints. It was envisaged that public hearings, that which was held on 25 Oct 2005, would suffice to provide the necessary platform for civil society to make inputs into the drafting of the Defence Update 2005.

Way Forward Interdepartmental Workshop A one interdepartmental workshop represented by the IRPS and JCPS Depts. A date for such a workshop needs to be fixed and will be informed by the revised timelines. Distribution of Report 1 to the PCD Inclusive of comments of all stakeholders Inclusive of all inputs from the Public Hearing Focus Areas Poverty and underdevelopment Human Security Developmental Peace Keeping