Financial Risk:
Low
Score:
79/100
24
67/100
How effective are controls over the disposal of assets, and is information on these disposals, and the proceeds of their sale, transparent?
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The National Committee on Conventional Arms Control provides oversight of asset disposal to ensure compliance with relevant legislation on arms control while the Defence…
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Planned disposals are published in advance on Armscor’s website via the Disposal and Defence Systems (DDS) tender notices, accessible to prospective buyers. [1] However,…
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The disposal of assets is published in Armscor’s annual report in an aggregated form. [1]
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25
83/100
Is independent and transparent scrutiny of asset disposals conducted by defence establishments, and are the reports of such scrutiny publicly available?
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The Auditor-General of South Africa provides a full external audit on Armscor including a review of revenue management and compliance with relevant legislation which…
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Under the Public Audit Act, the Auditor-General is subject only to the Constitution and legal framework and the Act prohibits any person or organ…
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External audit reports by the Auditor-General are included in Armscor’s annual report, but only summary information is made available on asset disposals. [1] Audit…
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26
25/100
What percentage of defence and security expenditure in the budget year is dedicated to spending on secret items relating to national security and the intelligence services?
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More than 8% of the defence budget is secret as the entire allocation to the State Security Agency is secret, which forms more than…
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27
NA/100
Is the legislature (or the appropriate legislative committee or members of the legislature) given full information for the budget year on the spending of all secret items relating to national security and military intelligence?
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Sessions of the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI) are closed and insufficient information is publicly available to determine the extent to which the…
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28
63/100
Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?
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The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans provides extensive scrutiny of the Department of Defence’s audit outcomes [1] while the Joint Standing Committee…
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Parliamentary oversight mechanisms require departments to account for audit findings. The JSCI receives annual reports and has explicitly raised concerns about the Auditor-General’s restricted…
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29
100/100
In law, are off-budget military expenditures permitted, and if so, are they exceptional occurrences that are well-controlled? In practice, are there any off-budget military expenditures? If so, does evidence suggest this involves illicit economic activity?
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South African law does not permit off-budget military expenditures. The Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) No. 1 of 1999 establishes strict rules for budgetary…
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There is no evidence of the South African Department of Defence engaging in off-budget expenditures. All military spending is required by law to be…
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Annual audit reports by the Auditor-General and the Department of Defence’s performance and financial disclosures show no indication of off-budget expenditures. The comprehensive reporting…
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The Department of Defence’s Policy on the Conduct of Counter Intelligence establishes the framework for information classification on a scale of (a) restricted; (b)…
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The Department of Defence’s Policy on the Conduct of Counter Intelligence establishes the framework for information classification on a scale of (a) restricted; (b)…
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Little is publicly known about the responsiveness of the Department of Defence to requests for information using the Promotion of Access to Information Act.…
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31
100/100
Do national defence and security institutions have beneficial ownership of commercial businesses? If so, how transparent are details of the operations and finances of such businesses?
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The Department of Defence does not have beneficial ownership in any known commercial businesses of significance. The two major state-owned enterprises in the defence…
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The Department of Defence does not have beneficial ownership in any known commercial businesses of significance. The two major state-owned enterprises in the defence…
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32
100/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
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The Department of Defence does not have beneficial ownership in any known commercial businesses of significance. The DoD operations are limited to statutory understate-owned…
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The Department of Defence does not have beneficial ownership in any known commercial businesses of significance.
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33
88/100
Is there evidence of unauthorised private enterprise by military or other defence ministry employees? If so, what is the government’s reaction to such enterprise?
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In terms of Section 30 of the Public Service Act, government employees are prohibited from engaging in any remunerative work outside of their department…
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Unauthorised private enterprise is a problem with a small number of individuals with some evidence of state employees engaging in remunerative work without the…
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77
94/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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Actual expenditure against budget allocations is reflected in the Department of Defence’s Annual Report in disaggregated form. In cases of significant deviations, this is…
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Most of the Department of Defence’s spending is disclosed and publicly available with the exception of sensitive areas. [1] By comparison, budget allocations for…
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According to National Treasury Guidelines, departments are required to submit draft annual reports to the Auditor-General by 31 May, two months after the end…
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Variance between actual expenditure and budgets are explained in detail in the Department of Defence’s Annual Report. [1]
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NA/100
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Asset Disposals
Q24
NA/100
How effective are controls over the disposal of assets, and is information on these disposals, and the proceeds of their sale, transparent?
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Q25
NA/100
Is independent and transparent scrutiny of asset disposals conducted by defence establishments, and are the reports of such scrutiny publicly available?
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Q26
NA/100
What percentage of defence and security expenditure in the budget year is dedicated to spending on secret items relating to national security and the intelligence services?
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Q27
NA/100
Is the legislature (or the appropriate legislative committee or members of the legislature) given full information for the budget year on the spending of all secret items relating to national security and military intelligence?
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Q28
NA/100
Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?
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Q29
NA/100
In law, are off-budget military expenditures permitted, and if so, are they exceptional occurrences that are well-controlled? In practice, are there any off-budget military expenditures? If so, does evidence suggest this involves illicit economic activity?
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Q30
NA/100
Are mechanisms for accessing information from the defence sector effective?
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Q31
NA/100
Do national defence and security institutions have beneficial ownership of commercial businesses? If so, how transparent are details of the operations and finances of such businesses?
View QuestionMilitary-owned Businesses
Q32
NA/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
View QuestionIllegal Private Enterprise
Q33
NA/100
Is there evidence of unauthorised private enterprise by military or other defence ministry employees? If so, what is the government’s reaction to such enterprise?
View QuestionActual Military Spending
Q77
NA/100