Who may adopt a child in South Africa?

According to the Children’s Act (Act 38 of 2005), a child may be adopted

• jointly by a husband and wife,
  ii.  partners in a permanent domestic life-partnership, or
  iii. other persons sharing a common household and forming a permanent family unit;

• by a widower, widow, divorced or unmarried person;

• by a married person whose spouse is the parent of the child;

• by the biological father of a child born out of wedlock; or

• by the foster parent of the child.