To qualify for appointment by the Minister as a member of the Council, the candidate must—
| (a) | be a fit and proper person; |
| (b) | be a South African citizen and permanently resident in the Republic; |
| (c) | have knowledge of defence and military matters relating to the Reserve Force; |
| (d) | have experience in corporate governance, compliance assurance, management, finance, planning, policy development and international security affairs; |
| (e) | be seen to be independent by— |
| (i) | not being a member of the Regular Force; |
| (ii) | not being a member of the Reserve Force serving in a command or staff post at the level of colonel, its equivalent, or higher rank; |
| (iii) | not being an officer commanding a Reserve Force structural component; |
| (iv) | not being involved with any other body or person who must consult the Council in terms of section 48(4) of the Act; |
| (v) | not holding any office in a legislative body established by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996; and |
| (vi) | not holding any position other than that of an ordinary member in any political party or organisation; |
| (f) | not be an unrehabilitated insolvent; |
| (g) | not within the previous five years have served a sentence, after having been convicted of an offence and sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine for a period of more than 12 months; and |
| (h) | have accepted the nomination in writing and signed an undertaking to comply with the Code of Conduct for the Council, contained in the Annexure. |
