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Military Veterans Act, 2011 (Act No. 18 of 2011)

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Guidelines on what Constitutes Substantial Membership and Recognition of Military Veteran Organisations

6. Qualifying criteria

 

6.1 An organisation that seeks recognition by the Minister as a military veteran organisation must comply with the following minimum requirements:
6.1.1 The organisation must consist of military veterans only.
6.1.2 The organisation must have a constitution that was adopted at a gathering that was convened for adopting the constitution and attended by a substantial number of bona fide military veterans that solely belonged to the same military organisation.
6.1.3 the organisation must provide proof that the applicant concerned is a non-profit organisation or non-governmental organisation.
6.1.4 The organisation must provide proof that it has a clearly identifiable elected leadership.
6.1.5 The organisation must provide proof that its leadership was elected at a gathering that was called for the purpose of electing such leadership, whether or not electing leadership was the sole purpose of the meeting.
6.1.6 The organisation must provide proof that the gathering at which such leadership was elected was attended by a substantial number of former members of the military organisation to which they previously belonged.
6.1.7 The organisation must provide proof that it is not a mercenary organisation, terrorist organisation or an organisation which has been established for advocating an objective, by military means, which is prohibited by domestic or international law.
6.1.8 The organisation must provide proof that it embraces the values which are enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa.
6.1.9 The organisation must provide proof that it has a substantial number of members, who are bona fide military veterans that have formally and expressly denounced membership of their previous military veteran organisations.

 

6.2 Compliance with the requirements contemplated in 6.1 shall not preclude the Minister from considering any other reasonable factors.