SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH AFRICA
FEMENINO
MALE
PREVALENCE OF MARRIAGE BY AGE 15
1%
N/A
PREVALENCIA DEL MATRIMONIO A LOS 18 AÑOS
4%
1%
Año de los datos:
2016
Fuente:
DHS 2016
Año de los datos:
2016
Fuente:
DHS 2016
EDAD LEGAL PARA MATRIMONIO
18
18
EDAD MÍNIMA PERMITIDA PARA MATRIMONIO DEBIDO A EXCEPCIONES EN LA LEY
No minimum age
No minimum age
Ley(es) que rigen el matrimonio y/o el matrimonio infantil:
Civil Marriages (Marriage Act of 1961), Customary Marriages (Recognition of Customary Marriages Act of 1998), The Children’s Act of 2005
SOBRE LA LEY Y CUALQUIER EXCEPCIÓN
There are inconsistencies across the laws relevant to child marriage in South Africa. The 2005 Children's Act made 18 the legal age of marriage for men and women, but it also recognises customary marriages. The Recognition of Customary Marriages Act does not stipulate minimum ages. The Marriage Act was also not amended to reflect the Children's Act. The Marriage Act states: "No boy under the age of eighteen years and no girl under the age of sixteen years shall be capable of contracting a valid marriage except with the written permission of the Minister, which he may grant in any particular case in which he considers such marriage desirable..."
¿PUEDEN IR LAS CHICAS CASADAS O EMBARAZADAS ? ¿ESCUELA?
According to the South African Schools Act, all children, regardless of marital status or pregnancy, have the right to an education