High Court of South Africa

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The High Court of South Africa is a

The Superior Courts Act, 2013, divides the High Court into nine divisions, one for each province. Some divisions have multiple seats of the court; the main seat has jurisdiction over the whole province, while the local seats have concurrent jurisdiction over some part of the province. The divisions are:

• The Eastern Cape Division at Makhanda with local seats at Bhisho, Mthatha and Gqeberha
• The Free State Division at Bloemfontein
• The Gauteng Division at Pretoria with a local seat at Johannesburg
• The KwaZulu-Natal Division at Pietermaritzburg with a local seat at Durban
• The Limpopo Division at Polokwane with local seats at Thohoyandou and Lephalale
• The Mpumalanga Division at Mbombela with a local seat at Middelburg
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• The Northern Cape Division at Kimberley
• The Western Cape Division at Cape Town

Circuit Court

Circuit Courts are also part of the High Court. They sit at least twice a year, moving around to serve more rural areas.

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