Renaming of High Courts Act, 2008 (Act No. 30 of 2008)1. Change of names of High Courts |
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Supreme Court Act, 1959 (Act No. 59 of 1959), or any other law, but subject to an Act of Parliament giving effect to the rationalisation contemplated in item 16(6)(a) of Schedule 6 to the Constitution, the High Courts seated in the places mentioned in the first column of the table hereunder, shall be known by the names set out in the second column of the said table:
TABLE
SEAT OF HIGH COURT |
NAME OF HIGH COURT |
Bhisho |
Eastern Cape High Court, Bhisho |
Bloemfontein |
Free State High Court. Bloemfontein |
Cape Town |
Western Cape High Court, Cape Town |
Durban |
KwaZulu-Natal High Court, Durban |
Grahamstown |
Eastern Cape High Court, Grahamstown |
Johannesburg |
South Gauteng High Court. Johannesburg |
Kimberley |
Northern Cape High Court. Kimberley |
Mafikeng |
North West High Court, Mafikeng |
Mthatha |
Eastern Cape High Court, Mthatha |
Pietermaritzburg |
KwaZulu-Natal High Court, Pietermaritzburg |
Port Elizabeth |
Eastern Cape High Court, Port Elizabeth |
Pretoria |
North Gauteng High Court. Pretoria |
Thohoyandou |
Limpopo High Court, Thohoyandou |