Question NW382 to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
11 April 2023 - NW382
Mmutle, Mr TN to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
By what date will vacant posts (a) in the board of Armscor and (b) of senior positions in the Department of Defence and Military Veterans be filled?
Reply:
a) The ARMSCOR Board of Directors currently has three (3) vacant positions. The Ministry and ARMSCOR intend to ·fill these vacant positions as soon as possible, but no later than the conclusion of the first quarter of the current fiscal year, which begins on April 1, 2023.
b) Following the completion and upgrading of the job profiles, the senior vacant positions in the Department of Defence, namely the Secretary for Defence and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will be posted.
Other senior positions in the Department of Defence, including Chief Defence Material (C Def Mat), Chief Director(ate) International Affairs (COIA), Chief Director(ate) Legal Services (COLS), and Chief Audit Executive (GAE), were submitted to DPSA, but there was disagreement about rank levels. The Department of Defense is working with the DPSA on the topic.
Furthermore, the senior empty jobs in the Department of Military Veterans have been re-advertised because the period in which they were advertised had since lapsed without any acceptable candidates being selected .