Name of Division

Seat of Court

Area of Jurisdiction

Appelate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa

Bloemfontein

The Republic

Cape of Good Hope Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa

Cape Town

The province of the Cape of Good Hope excluding those portions over which the Eastern Cape and Northern Cape divisions exercise jurisdiction

Eastern Cape Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa

Grahamstown

That portion of the province of the Cape of Good Hope eastward of and including the magisterial districts of Humansdorp, Joubertina, Steytlerville, Jansenville, Aberdeen, Murraysburg, Graaff-Reinet, Middelburg, Hanover and Colesburg

Northern Cape Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa

Kimberley

The magisterial districts of Barkly West, Britstown, Carnarvon, De Aar, Gordonia, Hartswater, Hay, Herbert, Hopetown, Kenhardt, Kimberley, Kuruman, Philipstown, Postmasburg, Prieska, Richmond, Taung, Victoria West, Vryburg and Warrenton.

Natal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa

Pietermaritzburg

The province of KwaZulu-Natal.

Orange Free State Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa

Bloemfontein

The province of the Orange Free State.

Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa

Pretoria

The province of the Transvaal excluding the areas of Pongola and Simdlangentsha, as described in Schedule 1 to the repealed Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 (Act 200 of 1993).

Durban and Coast Local Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa

Durban

The magisterial districts of Alfred, Port Shepstone, Umzinto, Umlazi, Ubumbulu, Durban, Pinetown, Chatsworth, Inanda, Ndwedwe, Mapumulo, Lower Tugela, Mtunzini, Eshowe, Nkandhla, Entonjaneni, Lower Umfolozi, Mahlabatini, Hlabisa, Nongoma, Ubombo and Ingwavuma including the areas of Pongola and Simdlangentsha, as described in Schedule 1 to the repealed Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 (Act 200 of 1993).

Witwatersrand Local Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa

Johannesburg

In civil matters: The magisterial districts of Alberton, Benoni, Boksburg, Brakpan, Delmas, Germiston, Johannesburg, Kempton Park, Krugersdorp, Nigel, Randburg, Randfontein, Roodepoort, Springs, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging and Westonaria.

In criminal matters: The magisterial districts of Alberton, Boksburg, Germiston, Johannesburg, Kempton Park, Krugersdorp, Randburg, Randfontein, Roodepoort and Westonaria.

South-Eastern Cape Local Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa

Port Elizabeth

The magisterial districts of Port Elizabeth, Kirkwood, Uitenhage, Hankey, Humansdorp, Joubertina and Steytlerville.

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Column B

Column C

High Court of South Africa

District/s to be included

District/s to be excised

Thaba Nchu

Vryburg

Lichtenburg

Coligny

Zeerust

Groot-Marico

Swartruggens

Koster

Rustenburg

Delareyville

Thaba Nchu

Willowmore

Namaqualand (Springbok)

Williston

Sutherland

Calvinia

Fraserburg

Willowmore

Noupoort

Colesburg

Hanover

Namaqualand (Springbok)

Williston

Sutherland

Calvinia

Fraserburg

Noupoort

Colesburg

Hanover

Vryburg

Lichtenburg

Coligny

Zeerust

Groot-Marico

Swartruggens

Koster

Rustenburg

Delareyville

Column A

Column B

Column C

High Court of South Africa

District/s to be included

District/s to be excised

Umzimkulu

Matatiele (Maluti) – including the land mentioned in Proclamations R.141 of 30 September 1983 and 43 of 26 April 1985 and the farms Drumleary 130 and Stanford 127.

Umzimkulu

Matatiele (Maluti) – including the land mentioned in Proclamations R.141 of 30 September 1983 and 43 of 26 April 1985 and the farms Drumleary 130 and Stanford 127

Herschell (Sterkspruit)

Barkley East

Cathcart

East London

Elliot

Indwe

King Williams’s town

Komga

Maclear

Queenstown

Stutterheim

Ugie

Cathcart

East London

King William’s Town

Komga

Queenstown

Stutterheim

Barkly East

Elliot

Indwe

Maclear

Ugie

Herschell (Springbok)

Umzimkulu

Matatiele (Maluti) – including the land mentioned in Proclamations R.141 of 30 September 1983 and 43 of 26 April 1985 and the farms Drumleary 130 and Stanford 127.