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<text id=93CT1276>
<title>
South Africa--Defense Forces
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: South Africa
Defense Forces</hdr><body>
<p>Branches: South African Defense Force (SADF; including Army,
Navy, Air Force, Medical Services), South African Police (SAP)
</p>
<p>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
</p>
<p>Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $2.9 billion,
about 2.5% of GDP (FY93 budget)
</p></body></article></text>