Branches: South African Defense Force (SADF; including Army, Navy, Air Force, Medical Services), South African Police (SAP)

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 10,294,211; fit for military service 6,279,190; reach military age (18) annually 425,477 (1993 est.); obligation for service in Citizen Force or Commandos begins at 18; black and white volunteers for service in permanent force must be 17; national service obligation for white conscripts is one year; figures include the so-called homelands not recognized by the US

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $2.9 billion, about 2.5% of GDP (FY93 budget)