Financial Risk:
Low
Score:
76/100
Asset Disposals
Q24
42/100
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 Conventional Arms Control (NCACC) and Armscor’s Defence Disposal Solutions (DDS) remain the primary regulatory bodies for asset disposals. Aside from open, public…
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Armscor’s tender bulletin theoretically provides up to date notifications of auctions, disposals, and sale of old or obsolete assets [1]. However individual notifications have…
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The NCACC should be responsible for accounting for asset disposal amounts, along with Armscor’s DDS, but no information on these disposals is readily available…
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Q25
75/100
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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“Armscor’s Defence Disposal Solutions (DDS) mandate provides for the disposal of excess and obsolete defence matériel on behalf of the DOD. Disposal of the…
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Armscor does not appear to be subject to undue influence from the military regarding asset disposals. There is no media commentary regarding incidents of…
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Information on asset disposals are available through Armscor, the DoD and auditor-general reports, but the figures are totals or general summations, and it is…
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Secret Budgets
Q26
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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This score is heavily skewed by the secret operating budget of the State Security Agency (SSA), which is funded by a transfer under the…
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Q27
NEI/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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This indicator is scored ‘Not Enough Information’ because there is no public access to the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI) meetings.The Parliamentary Monitoring…
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Q28
100/100
Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?
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Audit reports are subjected to scrutiny at both the defence portfolio committee level and tabled at the National Assembly, including secret items [1].
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Both the portfolio committee and National Assembly are able to question the military on findings, through the minister of defence and/or the defence secretariat…
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Q29
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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According to the DAHB 1000, all acquisitions and procurement can only be funded through either the Special Defence Account or General Defence Account [1].…
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As off-budget expenditures are not permitted, this indicator is scored ‘Not Applicable’.
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No evidence could be located regarding off-budget expenditures taking place in the military sector. While there are some donor-funded activities in the South African…
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Q30
50/100
Are mechanisms for accessing information from the defence sector effective?
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The Protection of State Information Act of 1982 [1] and the Minimum Information Security Standards (MISS) [2] provide the legal framework and policy guidelines…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. The Minimum Information Security Standards (MISS) is a cabinet-approved policy guideline document which outlines…
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A significant number of performance indicators in the Department of Defence Annual Performance Plan 2018 are marked as “Information Classified”, which the report defines…
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Q31
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 (DoD) does not own any commercial businesses or interests. The Armaments Corporation of South Africa (Armscor) is a state-owned company…
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This indicator is scored ‘Not Applicable’ as neither Denel nor Armscor are owned by national defence and security institutions. For additional context, however, both…
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Military-owned Businesses
Q32
100/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
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The Department of Defence (DoD) does not own any commercial businesses or interests. The Armaments Corporation of South Africa (Armscor) is a state-owned company…
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This indicator is scored ‘Not Applicable’, as the Department of Defence (DoD) does not own any commercial businesses or interests.
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Illegal Private Enterprise
Q33
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?
View QuestionActual Military Spending
Q77
81/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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The Department of Defence (DoD) publishes an Annual Report each financial year with a detailed breakdown of spending by service and type for the…
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All defence spending is disclosed by programme, sub-programme, and type in the DoD Annual Report, usually with substantial detail [1]. Allocations for armament acquisitions…
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The DoD’s Annual Report is typically presented to Parliament in October or November of each year [1]. The South African fiscal year runs from…
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The financial statements in the Annual Report contain detailed information, along with accompanying explanations for each divergence between the budgeted amount announced in the…
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