Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 7,211,075 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 471,578 (2003 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$1.746 billion (FY02)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.7% (FY02)
Military - note:
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
Transnational Issues South Africa
Disputes - international: managed dispute with Namibia over the location of the boundary in the Orange River
Illicit drugs:
transshipment center for heroin, hashish, marijuana, and possibly
cocaine; cocaine consumption on the rise; world's largest market for
illicit methaqualone, usually imported illegally from India through
various east African countries; illicit cultivation of marijuana;
attractive venue for money launderers given the increasing level of
organized criminal and narcotics activity in the region
This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003
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