Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act No. 108 of 1996)

Chapter 8 : Courts and Administration of Justice

166. Judicial system
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The courts are—

(a)the Constitutional Court;
(b)the Supreme Court of Appeal;
(c)the High Court of South Africa, and any high court of appeal that may be established by an Act of Parliament to hear appeals from any court of a status similar to the High Court of South Africa;

[Section 166(c) substituted by section 2(a) of the Constitution Seventeenth Amendment Act, 2012 (Act No. 72 of 2013)]

(d)the Magistrates' Courts; and
(e)any other court established or recognised in terms of an Act of Parliament, including any court of a status similar to either the High Court of South Africa or the Magistrates' Courts.

[Section 166(e) amended by section 2(b) of the Constitution Seventeenth Amendment Act, 2012 (Act No. 72 of 2013)]