High Court of South Africa

The High Court of South Africa (Tswana: Kgotlatshekelokgolo; Sotho: Lekgotla le Phahameng la Dinyewe; Northern Sotho: Kgorotsheko ya Godimo; Afrikaans: Hoë Hof; Zulu: iNkantolo Ephakeme; Southern Ndebele: iKhotho ePhakemeko; Xhosa: iNkundla ePhakamileyo; Swazi: liKhotho Leliphakeme; Venda: Khothekhaṱhuli; Tsonga: Huvonkulu) is a superior court of law in South Africa. At present it is divided into seven provincial divisions, some of which sit in more than one location. Two further divisions are in the process of being established. Each High Court division has general jurisdiction over a defined geographical area in which it is situated, and the decisions of a division are binding on magistrates' courts within its area of jurisdiction. The High Court has jurisdiction over all matters, but it usually only hears civil matters involving more than 100,000 rand, and serious criminal cases. It also hears any appeals or reviews from magistrates' courts and other lower courts.

The court and its divisions are constituted in their current form by the Superior Courts Act, 2013, and replaced the previous separate High Courts, which in turn replaced the provincial and local divisions of the former Supreme Court of South Africa and the supreme courts of the TBVC states.

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