High Courts of South Africa

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superior court system

The High Courts of South Africa are superior courts with jurisdiction over serious civil and criminal matters, constitutional issues, and appeals from lower courts within their respective geographic divisions.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Western Cape High Court	2
High Court of South Africa (Gauteng Local Division, Johannesburg)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	superior court system ⓘ
appliesLaw	Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 NERFINISHED ⓘ common law ⓘ national legislation ⓘ provincial legislation ⓘ
canDeclare	legislation unconstitutional (subject to confirmation by Constitutional Court in certain cases) ⓘ
canHear	judicial review of decisions of Magistrates' Courts ⓘ review of administrative action ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
establishedUnder	Superior Courts Act, 2013 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDivision	Eastern Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Free State Division of the High Court of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ KwaZulu-Natal Division of the High Court of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Limpopo Division of the High Court of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Mpumalanga Division of the High Court of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSeatIn	Bhisho NERFINISHED ⓘ Bloemfontein NERFINISHED ⓘ Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ Durban NERFINISHED ⓘ Johannesburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Kimberley NERFINISHED ⓘ Makhanda NERFINISHED ⓘ Mbombela NERFINISHED ⓘ Middelburg, Mpumalanga NERFINISHED ⓘ Mthatha NERFINISHED ⓘ Pietermaritzburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Polokwane NERFINISHED ⓘ Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pretoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
headedBy	Judge President NERFINISHED ⓘ
hierarchicalLevel	above Magistrates' Courts of South Africa ⓘ below Constitutional Court of South Africa ⓘ below Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa ⓘ
includesOfficer	Acting Judge ⓘ Deputy Judge President NERFINISHED ⓘ Judge ⓘ
jurisdictionOver	appeals from lower courts ⓘ constitutional matters ⓘ serious civil matters ⓘ serious criminal matters ⓘ
jurisdictionType	appellate jurisdiction ⓘ original jurisdiction ⓘ
languageOfRecord	English ⓘ
legalSystem	mixed legal system ⓘ
legalTradition	English common law influence ⓘ Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
partOf	Judiciary of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	provincial and local divisions of the Supreme Court of South Africa ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa → appealsFrom → High Courts of South Africa ⓘ

Judiciary of South Africa → includesCourt → High Courts of South Africa ⓘ

Henri van Breda → trialHeldIn → High Courts of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Cape High Court

Western Cape Provincial Parliament Building → nearby → High Courts of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Cape High Court

Johannesburg CBD → hasLandmark → High Courts of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Court of South Africa (Gauteng Local Division, Johannesburg)