Eastern Cape High Court
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Eastern Cape High Court is the name of four divisions of the High Court of South Africa
located in the Eastern Cape
province. These are:
Currently each of these courts has jurisdiction over part of the province. (The court at Grahamstown has concurrent jurisdiction over the area of jurisdiction of the court at Port Elizabeth.) When the Superior Courts Bill is enacted by Parliament
, these four divisions will become four seats of a single Eastern Cape Division, with Grahamstown becoming the main seat and the others local seats.
High Court of South Africa
The High Courts are superior courts of law in South Africa. The courts were created in 1996 on the adoption of the Constitution of South Africa, and inherited the jurisdiction of the provincial and local divisions of the former Supreme Court of South Africa...
located in the Eastern Cape
Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are Port Elizabeth and East London. It was formed in 1994 out of the "independent" Xhosa homelands of Transkei and Ciskei, together with the eastern portion of the Cape Province...
province. These are:
- The Eastern Cape High Court, GrahamstownGrahamstownGrahamstown is a city in the Eastern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa and is the seat of the Makana municipality. The population of greater Grahamstown, as of 2003, was 124,758. The population of the surrounding areas, including the actual city was 41,799 of which 77.4% were black,...
(formerly the Eastern Cape Provincial Division) - The Eastern Cape High Court, Port Elizabeth (formerly the South-Eastern Cape Local Division)
- The Eastern Cape High Court, Bhisho (formerly the Ciskei Division; originally the Supreme Court of CiskeiCiskeiCiskei was a Bantustan in the south east of South Africa. It covered an area of 2,970 square miles , almost entirely surrounded by what was then the Cape Province, and possessed a small coastline along the shore of the Indian Ocean....
) - The Eastern Cape High Court, MthathaMthathaMthatha is the main town of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town has an airport, previously known by the name K. D. Matanzima Airport after former leader Kaiser Matanzima....
(formerly the Transkei Division; originally the Supreme Court of TranskeiTranskeiThe Transkei , officially the Republic of Transkei , was a Bantustan—an area set aside for members of a specific ethnicity—and nominal parliamentary democracy in the southeastern region of South Africa...
)
Currently each of these courts has jurisdiction over part of the province. (The court at Grahamstown has concurrent jurisdiction over the area of jurisdiction of the court at Port Elizabeth.) When the Superior Courts Bill is enacted by Parliament
Parliament of South Africa
The Parliament of South Africa is South Africa's legislature and under the country's current Constitution is composed of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces....
, these four divisions will become four seats of a single Eastern Cape Division, with Grahamstown becoming the main seat and the others local seats.