Renaming of High Courts Act, 2008 (Act No. 30 of 2008)

1. Change of names of High Courts

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Notwithstanding the provisions of the Supreme Court Act, 1959 (Act No. 59 of 1959), or any other law, but subject to an Act of Parliament giving effect to the rationalisation contemplated in item 16(6)(a) of Schedule 6 to the Constitution, the High Courts seated in the places mentioned in the first column of the table hereunder, shall be known by the names set out in the second column of the said table:

 

TABLE

 

SEAT OF HIGH COURT

NAME OF HIGH COURT

Bhisho

Eastern Cape High Court, Bhisho

Bloemfontein

Free State High Court. Bloemfontein

Cape Town

Western Cape High Court, Cape Town

Durban

KwaZulu-Natal High Court, Durban

Grahamstown

Eastern Cape High Court, Grahamstown

Johannesburg

South Gauteng High Court. Johannesburg

Kimberley

Northern Cape High Court. Kimberley

Mafikeng

North West High Court, Mafikeng

Mthatha

Eastern Cape High Court, Mthatha

Pietermaritzburg

KwaZulu-Natal High Court, Pietermaritzburg

Port Elizabeth

Eastern Cape High Court, Port Elizabeth

Pretoria

North Gauteng High Court. Pretoria

Thohoyandou

Limpopo High Court, Thohoyandou