The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_South_Africa" id="mwAX0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Same-sex marriage in South Africa">law on same-sex marriage</a> comes into force in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" id="mwAX4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>, legalizing same-sex marriage for the first time on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa" id="mwAX8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Africa">African continent</a>.<sup about="#mwt132" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-27"}}' id="cite_ref-27" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_1#cite_note-27" id="mwAYA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 27;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAYE">[27]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-27"><cite about="#mwt129" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCKk"><a class="external text" href="https://www.pewforum.org/fact-sheet/gay-marriage-around-the-world/" id="mwCKo" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Same-Sex Marriage Around the World"</a>. Pew Research Center. 17 May 2019. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170630034000/http://www.pewforum.org/2015/06/26/gay-marriage-around-the-world-2013/" id="mwCKs" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> from the original on 30 June 2017<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCKw">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCK0">23 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt129" class="Z3988" id="mwCK4" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Same-Sex+Marriage+Around+the+World&amp;rft.pub=Pew+Research+Center&amp;rft.date=2019-05-17&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pewforum.org%2Ffact-sheet%2Fgay-marriage-around-the-world%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+1"></span></span>