Divisions
There are at the moment thirteen High Courts. The Renaming of High Courts Act, 2008 replaced the old apartheid-era names of the divisions.
| Court | Seat | Jurisdiction | Previous name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Cape High Court, Bhisho | Bhisho | Former Ciskei | Ciskei Division or Supreme Court of Ciskei |
| Eastern Cape High Court, Grahamstown | Grahamstown | Eastern Cape except for the former Ciskei and Transkei | Eastern Cape Provincial Division |
| Eastern Cape High Court, Mthatha | Mthatha | Former Transkei | Transkei Division or Supreme Court of Transkei |
| Eastern Cape High Court, Port Elizabeth | Port Elizabeth | City of Port Elizabeth and surrounding districts | South Eastern Cape Local Division |
| Free State High Court, Bloemfontein | Bloemfontein | Free State | Orange Free State Provincial Division |
| KwaZulu-Natal High Court, Durban | Durban | Coastal districts of KwaZulu-Natal | Durban & Coast Local Division |
| KwaZulu-Natal High Court, Pietermaritzburg | Pietermaritzburg | KwaZulu-Natal | Natal Provincial Division |
| Limpopo High Court, Thohoyandou | Thohoyandou | Former Venda | Venda Division or Supreme Court of Venda |
| North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria | Pretoria | Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo except for the former Venda, part of North West | Transvaal Provincial Division |
| North West High Court, Mafikeng | Mafikeng | Part of North West | Bophuthatswana Division or Supreme Court of Bophuthatswana |
| Northern Cape High Court, Kimberley | Kimberley | Northern Cape | Northern Cape Provincial Division |
| South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg | Johannesburg | Southern part of Gauteng (Greater Johannesburg) | Witwatersrand Local Division |
| Western Cape High Court, Cape Town | Cape Town | Western Cape | Cape of Good Hope Provincial Division |
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