Conscription in South Africa was established in 1967^[1] and abolished in 1994 via a constitutional amendment. At its peak, conscription in South Africa consisted of two years of mandatory military service, followed by camps at intervals. Under apartheid, the call-up applied to all white men after completing their schooling or further studies. TheEnd Conscription Campaign began in 1983 in opposition to the requirement. In the same year theNational Party government announced plans to extend conscription to white immigrants in the country.^[2] The policy was defended byMagnus Malan,Minister of Defence in the cabinet of PresidentP. W. Botha in 1988: "One of the biggest advances in South Africa is National Service", he added that relatives were "prepared to sacrifice the husband or the child for their country because they consider it an honour to die for their country!"^[3]

• Moffie, a 2019 film byOliver Hermanus based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by André Carl van der Merwe. The film depicts mandatory conscription into the South African Defence Force (SADF) duringapartheid through the eyes of a young closeted character Nicholas van der Swart. The film also includes archival footage of General Malan talking about the SADF.
• Kanarie, a 2018 coming of ageAfrikaans film by Christiaan Olwagen about homosexuality in the context of mandatory military service in the mid-1980s^[4]

• End Conscription Campaign
• South African Defence Force
• Conscription in Rhodesia

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