Question NW2926 to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

(1)(a)Total Number of Judges in the country

(b)(i) Number of Judges in each court

(b)(ii)Number of Judges in each province

250

Constitutional Court

9

Eastern Cape

28

Supreme Court of Appeal

23

Free State

15

Northern Cape Division, Kimberley

6

Gauteng

78

Eastern Cape Division, Grahamstown

10

KwaZulu-Natal

30

Eastern Cape Local Division, Port Elizabeth

7

Limpopo

9

Eastern Cape Local Division, Bhisho

4

Mpumalanga

1

Eastern Cape Local Division, Mthatha

7

Northern Cape

6

Western Cape Division, Cape Town

32

North West

6

North West Division, Mahikeng

6

Western Cape

32

Free State Division, Bloemfontein

15

The Constitutional Court, Supreme Court of Appeal and Labour Court are national Courts and their Judges are therefore not allocated to Provinces. The number of Judges at these courts is currently 45.

Additionally, the Competition Appeal Court has 13 Judges seconded from the Divisions of the High Court and appointed to that Court.

Labour Appeal Court has 9 Judges seconded from the Divisions of the High Court and appointed to that Court.

Land Claims Court has 2 Judges seconded from the other Divisions of the High Court and appointed to serve in that Court.

Electoral Court has 3 Judges from the other Divisions of the High Court, seconded and appointed to serve in that Court.

All the Judges in the Competition Appeal Court, Labour Appeal Court, Land Claims Court and the Electoral Court are not additional Judges as they are part of the 250 Judges currently in active service in the Superior Courts.

Gauteng Division, Pretoria

45

Gauteng Local Division, Johannesburg

33

Limpopo Division, Polokwane

6

Limpopo Local Division, Thohoyandou

3

Mpumalanga Division, Nelspruit

1

KwaZulu-Natal Division, Pietermaritzburg

16

KwaZulu-Natal Local Division, Durban

14

Labour Court

13

TOTAL

250

250