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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 High Court has jurisdiction over all matters, but it usually only hears civil matters involving more than 400,000 rand, and serious criminal cases. It also hears any appeals or reviews from magistrates' courts and other lower courts. The court and its divisions are constituted in their current form by the Superior Courts Act, 2013.
Dunstan Mlambo (born c. 1960) is Judge President of the Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa. [2] [3] Since 2002 he has also served as the chairperson of Legal Aid South Africa which provides legal aid to those who cannot afford it, [2] [4] and is a trustee of the Legal Resources Centre public interest law clinic.
Aubrey Phago Ledwaba (born 9 October 1962) is a South African judge who is currently serving as the Deputy Judge President of the Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa. Formerly a practising attorney in Gauteng, he joined the bench as a puisne judge in November 2005 and was elevated to his leadership position in July 2013.
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. The Gauteng Division of the High Court in Johannesburg includes a ...
Pieter Andries Meyer (born 7 December 1960) is a South African judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal. Before his elevation to that court, he was a judge of the Gauteng High Court from November 2007 to November 2022. He formerly practised law in Johannesburg, where he was admitted as an advocate in 1986 and took silk in 2004.
North Gauteng High Court: Edwin Cameron: Rammaka Mathopo: 28 January 1963 (age 61) in Gauteng: Cyril Ramaphosa: 58 1 January 2022 2 years, 11 months 28 January 2033 N/A South Gauteng High Court. Supreme Court of Appeal. Johan Froneman: Owen Rogers [5] 22 October 1958 (age 66) in Cape Town, Western Cape: Cyril Ramaphosa: 63 1 August 2022 2 years ...
A month later Bophuthatswana achieved nominal independence from South Africa and the High Court became the Supreme Court of Bophuthatswana. At first its decisions could be appealed to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa, but in 1982 a separate Appellate Division was established within the Bophuthatswana court. [1]