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The Superior Courts Act, 2013 restructured the High Courts into divisions of a single High Court of South Africa, and also provided for the creation of divisions for Limpopo and Mpumalanga, which had previously fallen under the jurisdiction of the Gauteng High Court at Pretoria.
A crowd outside the Johannesburg High Court during the Jacob Zuma rape trial. The High Court of South Africa is a superior court of law in South Africa. It is divided into nine provincial divisions, some of which sit in more than one location. Each High Court division has general jurisdiction over a
The map is my own work. The information is derived from the following sources: Interim Report of the Committee on the Rationalisation of the Areas under the Jurisdiction of the Divisions of the High Court of South Africa and Judicial Establishments, Department of Justice & Constitutional Development, 2022
The Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa is a superior court of law which has general jurisdiction over the South African province of Gauteng and the eastern part of North West province. The main seat of the division is at Pretoria, while a local seat at Johannesburg has concurrent jurisdiction over the southern parts of Gauteng.
The Judiciary Agency overview Formed 1909 Constitution - 1909 ; 116 years ago (1909) 1996 Constitution - 1996 ; 29 years ago (1996) Jurisdiction Government of South Africa Headquarters 188, 14th Road, Noordwyk, Midrand Agency executive Mandisa Maya, Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa Key documents Chapter 8 of the Constitution Judicial Service Commission Act, 1994 Website judiciary ...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the highest judicial body of the United Nations, held public hearings earlier this month in the case South Africa brought against Israel at the end of 2023.
In the post-apartheid period, the Superior Courts Act, 2013, which repealed the Supreme Court Act, preserved the power of divisions of the High Court of South Africa to review the proceedings of all magistrate's courts within their jurisdiction (a slightly narrower power than the earlier power applying to "all inferior courts"). [36]
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a court-like restorative justice [1] body assembled in South Africa in 1996 after the end of apartheid. [a] Authorised by Nelson Mandela and chaired by Desmond Tutu, the commission invited witnesses who were identified as victims of gross human rights violations to give statements about their experiences, and selected some for public hearings.