Question NW2452 to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
03 January 2025 - NW2452
Shelembe, Mr ML to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
With the regard to the employment placements for military veterans being one of the requirements under her department s mandate, according to the department 2024-25 financial year mid-year report, it was reported that no military veterans were provided with access to employment placement opportunities during the period under review due to stakeholder consultations that never yielded results, what (a) are the full details of all stakeholders that the department consulted and (b) was the date of each consultation?
Reply:
(a) The following are the two stakeholders that were consulted by the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) in the past 2 quarters of 2024 in an endeavour to meet the objective of employment placement for military veterans;
A meeting was convened between the DMV and the Limpopo Office of the Premier to discuss cooperation between the two government entities and the need to develop a Protocol Agreement that will govern such relationship, including on matters regarding employment placement of military veterans.
This meeting was followed up by the drafting of the Protocol Agreement.
Follow-up meeting was convened between the DMV and the Limpopo Office of the Premier at the Department's offices to discuss a draft Protocol Agreement
A virtual meeting was hosted by the Office of Johannesburg City Manager in which the DMV was invited to contribute to the draft policy and strategy document on military veterans. The Department contributed a number of inputs including on matters related to skills development, employment and empowerment of military veterans.
(b) (i) On 30 April 2024 and 30th August 2024 a meeting was convened between the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) and the Limpopo Office of the Premier.
(ii) On 11 September 2024 a virtual meeting was hosted by the Office of Johannesburg City Manager in which the DMV was invited.