Northern Cape Division

Northern Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa
Northern Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa
	28°44′45″S 24°46′05″E / 28.7459°S 24.7681°E
Established	1871 (Supreme Court of Griqualand West)
Jurisdiction	Northern Cape, South Africa
Location	Kimberley
Coordinates	28°44′45″S 24°46′05″E / 28.7459°S 24.7681°E
Composition method	Presidential appointment on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission
Authorised by	Chp. 8 of the Constitution; Superior Courts Act, 2013
Appeals to	Supreme Court of Appeal or Constitutional Court
Number of positions	6
Judge President
Currently	Pule Tlaletsi
Since	September 2017
Deputy Judge President
Currently	Violet Phatshoane
Since	July 2021

The Northern Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa (formerly named the Northern Cape High Court and the Northern Cape Provincial Division, and commonly known as the Kimberley High Court) is a superior court of law with general jurisdiction over the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The division sits at Kimberley.

History

A Supreme Court was created for the British colony of Griqualand West by proclamation in 1871. The Cape Colony annexed Griqualand West according to the Griqualand West Annexation Act on 27 July 1877, with the date for annexation set for 18 October 1880. According to this act, the court was subordinated to the Cape Supreme Court and became known as the High Court of Griqualand West. On the creation of the Union of South Africa it became the Griqualand West Local Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa and remained subordinate to the Cape Provincial Division. In 1969 it became a provincial division in its own right as the Northern Cape Provincial Division.^[1] In 1997, on the adoption of the current Constitution of South Africa, it became a High Court, and in 2009 it was renamed the Northern Cape High Court by the Renaming of High Courts Act. In 2013, in the restructuring brought about by the Superior Courts Act, it became the Northern Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa.

References

^ van Niekerk, Lizanne (April 2010). "Northern Cape High Court, Kimberley" (PDF). Advocate. 23 (1). General Council of the Bar of South Africa: 42–44. Retrieved 28 December 2011.

External links

Decisions of the Northern Cape Division

[1] van Niekerk, Lizanne (April 2010). "Northern Cape High Court, Kimberley" (PDF). Advocate. 23 (1). General Council of the Bar of South Africa: 42–44. Retrieved 28 December 2011.

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