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MISSIONTo provide, manage, prepare and employ defence capabilities commensurate with the needs of South Africa as regulated by the Constitution, national legislation and Parliamentary and Executive direction. The above will be provided through the proper management, provision, preparedness and employment of defence capabilities, which are in line with the domestic and global needs of South Africa.
THE DOD’S VALUE SYSTEM The DOD has committed itself to organisational values that are rooted in individual values, codes of conduct and unit cohesion.
DEFENCE STRATEGIC APPROACH DEFENCE STRATEGY The Defence Strategy provides the strategic direction towards the achievement of the Department’s core objectives that are aimed at attaining its vision: “To provide effective defence for a democratic South Africa.” Taking cognisance of the rapidly changing geostrategic and macro-economic environment, which places limitations on the defence capability to respond appropriately, the Defence Strategy will endeavour to meet these ever-changing challenges, especially since they have implications for human security. The strategy acknowledges that many of the human security threats are non-military in nature and, as such, assume collateral architecture. The foundation of democratic governance has been characterised by efforts aimed at pioneering the institutionalisation of civil-military relations. In the coming period, the Defence Strategy should strengthen and consolidate the sound basis upon which civil-military relations were founded. Such a Defence Strategy will underscore the need for the requisite resources to provide for both the core and secondary permutations of the constitutional mandate, as espoused in Sections 200 and 204 of the Constitution. OVERVIEW OF DEFENCE DIPLOMACY Government’s national strategic vision of a “better life for all” and a peaceful and prosperous African continent continues to enjoin the DOD to constantly carve a meaningful role in global diplomacy. As such, though diplomacy may be considered the antithesis to a war fighting machinery, defence diplomacy remains the cornerstone of the DOD’s contribution to Government’s foreign policy agenda. Therefore, Government’s foreign policy posture has seen the DOD signing defence co-operation agreements with numerous African states, if not all, as a key confidence and security building measure. In pursuance of the Strategic Priority 8 of the MTSF, in particular the advancement of the African Agenda, the DOD, through its Defence International Affairs Division and Defence Foreign Relations, will strive to contribute to strengthen regional mechanisms for peace and security in the southern African sub-region and the continent at large. Defence diplomacy will continue to be pursued in various forms including active participation in bilateral and multilateral forums aimed at enhancing mutually beneficial defence relations in the continent. The strengthening of the institutional capacity of the AU and SADC, through means such as seconding suitably qualified and experience officers to ensure effective response to continental challenges, will also feature prominently in the DOD’s diplomatic initiatives. Given South Africa’s geostrategic prominence in global affairs and its concomitant leadership role in forums, such as the UN and the Non-Aligned Movement among others, the resolution of conflicts through peaceful negotiations means that the strategic role and participation of Defence as the country’s honesty peace broker and the largest troop contributor, both domestically, regionally and continentally, will be further entrenched during this decade, in order to respond to a growing international responsibility as dictated by the country’s foreign policy on peace keeping. MILITARY STRATEGY The Defence Strategy directs the Military Strategy of the SANDF. The Military Strategy describes the three Military Strategic Objectives of defence, as well as ways and means of achieving the objectives. In essence, the Military Strategy’s purpose is to give substance to section 200(2) of the Constitution, namely, “To defend and protect the Republic, its territorial integrity and its people, in accordance with the Constitution and the principles of international law regulating the use of force.” The Military Strategy, which is depicted in Figure 2, informs the Force Preparation and Force Employment strategies.
Military Strategic Objectives (Ends) Military Strategic Objectives constitute the ends that are to be achieved by the SANDF. These objectives are directed at the full range of military and other ordered commitments. The following objectives guide the composition of the Force Design and Force Structure of the SANDF:
To provide self-defence according to international law against any aggression that endangers the stability of South Africa.
To provide for internal and external force deployments to enhance security in support of decisions by parliament.
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