History
On the creation of the Union of South Africa from four British colonies in 1910, the supreme courts of the colonies became provincial divisions of the new Supreme Court of South Africa, and the Appellate Division was created as a purely appellate court superior to the provincial divisions. In 1994 the Constitutional Court was created with jurisdiction superior to the Appellate Division but only in constitutional matters. In 1997 the Appellate Division became the Supreme Court of Appeal and the provincial divisions became High Courts.
The SCA is over 100 years old and its decisions running back to its incorporation are still cited in today's cases as authority. It has been the seat of some of the country's most outstanding and notable judges including: Ogilvie Thompson JA, Innes CJ, Watermeyer CJ, Galgut JA, Wessels JA, Schreiner JA, amongst other notable judges.
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