"spouse"
in relation to any member, means—
| (a) | a husband or wife in terms of the Marriage Act, 1961 (Act No. 25 of 1961), the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998 (Act No. 120 of 1998), or the Civil Union Act, 2006 (Act No. 17 of 2006); |
| (b) | a life partner (including a same sex life partner); |
| (c) | a husband or wife according to the tenets of any religion of the member at the date of the member’s death; |
| (d) | a person who is the natural parent of a child under the age of 18 years who is regularly maintained by the member; or |
| (e) | a person with whom the member lived together as a husband, wife or life partner for a period of at least five years immediately before the commencement of the member’s military services within the meaning of section 2(3); |
[Definition inserted by section 2(d) of Act No. 18 of 2019 (Notice No. 799, GG 42482, dated 23 May 2019)]