The Department regards SA Cape Corps as part of SADF. The Department has no records of Special Forces mentioned under Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei. However the Department keeps records of the former Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei Defence Forces. The 4990 is broken down as follows;
(a) Umkhonto we Sizwe 2,205
(b) Azanian People’s Liberation Army 1,024
(c) Azanian National Liberation Army 99
(d) and (f) SA Defence Force and SA Cape Corps 1,320
(e) Union Defence Force 5
(g) Transkei Defence Force 97
(h) Bophuthatswana Defence Force 49
(i) Venda Defence Force 1
(j) Ciskei Defence Force which numbers 59
The South African National Defence Force members 131