Statistics
According to the South African government, over 3,000 same-sex couples had married in South Africa by mid-2010. Statistics South Africa reports that a total of 2,460 marriages and civil partnerships were registered under the Civil Union Act up to the end of 2010; however, this figure only reflects marriages in which at least one of the spouses is a South African citizen or permanent resident. Further, not all marriages under the Civil Union Act are between partners of the same sex, though most opposite-sex couples continue to marry under the 1961 Marriage Act.
The Statistics South Africa data are further broken down by province and year; they show that the majority of Civil Union Act marriages were registered in Gauteng or the Western Cape.
| Province | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Cape | 0 | 41 | 30 | 24 | 95 |
| Free State | 1 | 23 | 20 | 26 | 70 |
| Gauteng | 49 | 362 | 324 | 391 | 1,126 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 8 | 74 | 87 | 79 | 248 |
| Limpopo | 0 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| Mpumalanga | 3 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 32 |
| North West | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 |
| Northern Cape | 1 | 11 | 43 | 75 | 130 |
| Western Cape | 16 | 191 | 227 | 261 | 695 |
| Outside South Africa | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Total | 80 | 732 | 760 | 888 | 2,460 |
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