Supreme Court of South Africa, Transvaal Provincial Division

Governmental body

Supreme Court of South Africa, Transvaal Provincial Division

• Hoogeregshof van Suid-Afrika, Transvaalse Provinsiale Afdeling

• High Court of South Africa, Transvaal Provincial Division
• High Court of South Africa, North Gauteng
• Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa

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1910- 1997

In 1877 the South African Republic (Die Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek) established a High Court in Pretoria. After the Second Anglo-Boer War (South African War) it was renamed the Supreme Court of the Transvaal and in 1910 it became the Transvaal Local Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa. In terms of the 1996 South African Constitution its name was changed to High Court of South Africa, Transvaal Provincial Division. A further name change took place in 2009 when the court was renamed the North Gauteng High Court. Through restructuring in 2013 the North Gauteng High Court (situated in Pretoria) and South Gauteng High Court (situated in Johannesburg) became the Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa.

Pretoria

Governmental Body

The Supreme Court listened to any case which was too serious for the Magistrate’s Court or when a person or organization went to the court to change a decision of a Magistrate’s Court, which means appealing a case.

The Supreme Courts had “jurisdiction” – the right to hear a case – over defined provincial areas in which they were situated, in this case areas within the northern part of what was the then Transvaal Province. The decisions of the Supreme Courts were binding on the Magistrate’s Courts within their areas of jurisdiction. The courts usually only heard civil matters involving a substantial amount of money, and serious criminal cases. They also heard any appeals or reviews from lower courts (Magistrates’ courts) which fell in their geographical jurisdiction. The Supreme Court usually heard any matter involving a person’s status (for example, adoption, insolvency, marriage, etc.).

South Africa Act 1909;
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, (Act 108 of 1996, as amended);
Superior Courts Act, (Act No. 10 of 2013)

Constitutional Court.
Supreme Court of Appeal.
High Courts.
Magistrate Courts

NARSSA

National Archives and Records Service of South Africa

ISAAR

Draft

Partial

25 August 2017

• English

• Latin

Department of Justice and Constitutional Development website

Gerrit Wagener
Brenda Kotze
Erna-Marie Pretorius
Dumisani Basina
Nkwenkwezi Langusa
Sarah Bruchhausen