Military branches:
South African National Defense Force (SANDF): South African Army, South African Navy (SAN), South African Air Force (SAAF), South African Military Health Services (2013)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service; women are eligible to serve in noncombat roles; 2-year service obligation (2012)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49:
13,439,781
females age 16-49:
12,473,641 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49:
7,617,063
females age 16-49:
6,476,264 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male:
482,122
female:
485,017 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures: Military - note:
1% of GDP (2013)
country comparison to the world: 101
1.16% of GDP (2012)
1.14% of GDP (2011)
1.16% of GDP (2010)
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]
with the end of apartheid and the establishment of majority rule, former military, black homelands forces, and ex-opposition forces were integrated into the South African National Defense Force (SANDF); as of 2003 the integration process was considered complete