The following persons may be registered as dependants: Your spouse (husband/wife) Your children (children are covered until the age of 21, and up to 25 if they are still students. Children who are students will be required to submit letter from school, to confirm their academic status every year in order to remain covered by the medical aid). For children that have finished school but are not yet employed, the parents can continue covering them under the Adult Child Dependent up to the age of 35years.