Poverty is said to be one of the reasons why children are getting married at a young age. According to Stats SA, too many households in the country are dependent on social grants. Local residents are blaming the high unemployment rate for some of the live changing decision they are making. National Spokesperson for the department of social development Lumka Olifant says Dr. Seble Worku Stats SA director for education and child statistics said, the legal age for marriage in South Africa is 18. According to STATS SA there were 207
recorded child marriages in South Africa in 2021. Olifant explains....INSERT (LUMKA OLIFANT CLIP)