South Africa Marriages

With every result you will be able to review a transcript of the vital details from the marriage record. Many, but not all, will also include an image or the original record.

• Name
• Sex
• Age
• Birth year
• Marital status
• Residence
• Marriage date
• Marriage place
• Province
• Spouse’s name
• Spouse’s birth year
• Spouse’s age
• Spouse’s marital status
• Spouse’s residence

You should always view the original record when it is available. The original record can often include additional information like the names of witnesses.

This collection of records was created by Family Search. The marriage records come from Cape, Free State, Kwazulu-Natal and Transvaal. You can explore records from 1650 to 1994. The original records are in Dutch or Affrikaans depending on the time that the record was created. Although some might have English alongside Dutch. Afrikaans replaced Dutch as the official language in 1961.

South Africa's rich history unfolds through epochs of indigenous cultures, European colonization, and apartheid struggles. Indigenous communities like the Khoisan and Bantu laid cultural foundations prior to Dutch and British arrivals. The 20th century witnessed the brutality of apartheid, institutionalized segregation that persisted until the 1990s. International pressure catalysed the end of apartheid, and Nelson Mandela's release in 1990 symbolized a shift towards democracy. Post-apartheid, South Africa grappled with reconciliation, economic disparities, and societal healing.