This is described as a “historic occurrence” as now each province will be having it’s own high court.
The newly-built Mpumalanga High Court in Mbombela will start operating on Monday next week, the government has announced.
Judge Francis Legodi, being the President of the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court, will preside over the first sitting of the high court on 13 May 2019.
Now all nine of South Africa’s provinces have their own high courts.
The TimesLive reports quotes the department of justice saying the permanent seats of the Mpumalanga division “signify a historic occurrence”.
“This will be the first time that every province will have its own provincial seat of the High Court,” it said.
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Mpumalanga used to have its high court division in the Mbombela Magistrates Court. Now that is over.
The construction of the building finished early this year, began in October 2013. It has 12 courtrooms.
(edited by ZK)
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