NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
352. Mr D J Maynier (DA) to ask the Minister of Defence and Military
Veterans:
In respect of each specified rank group in the (a) Defence Force,
(b) Regular Force and (c) Reserve Force, (i) what is the optimal
average age, (ii) what is the actual average age and (iii) in
respect of each specified rank group, (aa) how many personnel are
older than the average age, (bb) how many personnel are younger
than the average age and (cc) what is the total number of
personnel?
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REPLY
(a). Defence Force (Include both Regular and Reserve)
The response is based on the DOD Instruction: Pol & Plan No. 00080/2002,
Policy for the Implementation of Inherent Rank-Age Requirements for the
National Defence Force, Ref no: DS/CPP/DHR Plan/R/101/6/B, which was signed
by Chief SANDF on 23 October 2003.
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The Policy does not apply to Generals and Chaplains; and these ranks are
therefore excluded from the statistics provided herein.
(b). Regular Force
|Serial |Rank |(i)Optimal|(ii)Actua|(aa) How many |(bb)How many |
|No | |average |l average|personnel are older |personnel are |
| | |age |age |than the average age|younger than the|
| | | | | |average age |
| |a |b |c |d |e |
|1 |Col |45 |51 |50% |43% |
|2 |Lt Col|41 |47 |38% |57% |
|3 |Maj |37 |42 |37% |56% |
|4 |Capt |32 |37 |38% |58% |
|5 |Lt |27 |31 |26% |67% |
|6 |2Lt |24 |26 |25% |61% |
|7 |WO1 |45 |51 |52% |41% |
|8 |WO2 |40 |47 |42% |52% |
|9 |SSgt |36 |44 |41% |53% |
|10 |Sgt |31 |41 |48% |47% |
|11 |Cpl |25 |35 |39% |60% |
|12 |LCpl |25 |32 |33% |66% |
|13 |Pte |25 |30 |30% |68% |
Total Number of Regulars: 66Â 028
(c)Reserve Force
|Seria|Rank |(i)Optima|(ii)Actua|(aa)How many |(bb)How many |
|l | |l average|l average|personnel are |personnel are |
|No | |age |age |older than the |younger than the|
| | | | |average age |average age |
| |a |b |c |d |e |
|1 |Col |45 |61 |51% |42% |
|2 |Lt Col|41 |55 |49% |48% |
|3 |Maj |37 |51 |46% |51% |
|4 |Capt |32 |45 |46% |52% |
|5 |Lt |27 |39 |41% |55% |
|6 |2Lt |24 |37 |46% |49% |
|7 |WO1 |45 |59 |51% |45% |
|8 |WO2 |40 |55 |41% |53% |
|9 |SSgt |36 |51 |47% |49% |
|10 |Sgt |31 |46 |42% |54% |
|11 |Cpl |25 |41 |45% |49% |
|12 |LCpl |25 |36 |49% |48% |
|13 |Pte |25 |33 |39% |59% |
Total number of Reserves: 21Â 564
Grand Total: 87Â 592