(1 September 2017 – to date)

SUPERIOR COURTS ACT 10 OF 2013

(Gazette No. 36743, Notice No. 615 dated 12 August 2013. Commencement date: 23 August 2013 [Proc. No. , Gazette No. 36774]- with the exception of sections 29, 37 and 45 and Items No. 11 of Schedule 1 and No. 1.1 of Schedule 2)

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE

NOTICE FOR THE GAUTENG DIVISION OF THE HIGH COURT FUNCTIONING AS THE DIVISION OF THE HIGH COURT

Government Notice 956 in Government Gazette 41090 dated 1 September 2017. Commencement date: 1 September 2017, unless otherwise indicated.

By virtue of the powers vested in me in terms of section 7(1) of the Superior Courts Act, 2013 (Act 10 of 2013) I, Dunstan Mlambo, the Judge President of the Gauteng Divisions of the High Court, issue the attached notice in relation to the Gauteng Division of the High Court of , functioning as the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court of South Africa.

(Signed) Dunstan Mlambo Judge President of the Gauteng Divisions of the High Court of South Africa

NOTICE 1 OF 2017 FOR THE GAUTENG DIVISION of the HIGH COURT of SOUTH AFRICA Functioning as THE MPUMALANGA DIVISION

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OF THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA ISSUED BY JUDGE PRESIDENT MLAMBO IN TERMS OF SECTION 7(1) OF THE SUPERIOR COURT ACT NO 10 OF 2013

NOTICE

1. The jurisdictional boundaries of the Circuit Courts of the Mpumalanga Division are determined as follows -

1.1 The Circuit Court shall have jurisdiction in respect of civil and criminal matters emanating in and from the Magisterial Districts mentioned in PART A of the attached Schedule.

1.2 The Middelburg Circuit Court shall have jurisdiction in respect of civil and criminal matters emanating in and from the Magisterial Districts mentioned in PART B of the attached Schedule.

1.3 The Mbombela Circuit shall have concurrent jurisdiction over all areas falling under the Emakhazeni (Belfast) Magisterial District.

1.4 Judges presiding in criminal matters shall continue to sit as and when so directed by the Judge President in Mashishing (); Mzukaliqwa (Ermelo, ); Thembisile Hani (Mkobola/Kwaggafontein); Victor Khanye (Delmas) and at any other Magistrates' Court determined by the Judge President as suitable and convenient for making justice accessible.

1.5 The Gauteng Division of the High Court shall, with the coming into effect of this Notice, cease to have jurisdiction in any matters emanating and arising in and from the Magisterial Districts set out in Parts A and B respectively.

2. EFFECTIVE DATE

This Notice shall, unless otherwise specified, become effective from 1 SEPTEMBER 2017.

3. PARTICULARS OF THE OFFICE FOR ISSUE

The office of the Chief Registrar situated at Mbombela and Middelburg Magistrate Courts as follows-

MBOMBELA REGISTRAR NAMES: Mr Mpho Seloana OFFICE NO.: 1\7 1st floor TELEPHONE NO. 0137536222\0137563245 EMAIL ADDRESS: MSeloana @judiciary.org.za

MIDDELBURG

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REGISTRAR NAMES: Ms Sisani Mdhluli OFFICE NO.: 1st floor Middelburg Magistrates Court Offices TELEPHONE NO.013 283 7579 EMAIL ADDRESS: ESefako @justice.gov.za

SCHEDULE

PART A - MBOMBELA AREAS OF JURISDICTION

MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT SUBDISTRICTS OTHER AREAS (SERVING ALSO AS PERIODICAL COURTS FOR THE DISTRICT COURTS Buschbuckridge Mhala (Thulamahashe , Mkhuhlu, and Sekhukusa Mbombela(Nelspruit White River and , Kanyamazane, Masoyí (Nzikazi) and Mashishing () Graskop and Dientjie, Pilgrimsrest and Maartenshoop Nkomazi (Tonga) Malelane Mkhondo (Piet Retief) Amsterdam , Mahamba, and Eersterhoek (Elukwatini) Carolina Emanzana (), Mayflower Umjindini (Barberton) Louw's Creek

PART B - (MIDDELBURG AREAS OF JURISDICTION)

ITEM MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT SUB-DISTRICTS OTHER AREAS (ALOS [sic] USED AS PERIODICAL COURTS FOR THE DISTRICT AND SUB-DISRICT [sic] COURTS) 1. Middelburg Hendrina Blinkpan, Laersdrift and 2. Emalahleni (Witbank) Vosman, GaNala and Ogies 3. Emakhazeni (Belfast) Emgwenya(Waterval- Entokozweni (Machadodorp) Boven) Dullstroom 4. Govan Mbeki (Evander\ Secunda Leslie Highveld Ridge) 5. Lekwa () - , Val, Charl Cilliers 6. Mzukaliqwa (Ermelo) Breyten , , Lothair and 7. Dr P ka Isaka Seme Amersfoort ()

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8. Dipaleseng (Balfour) - Nthowane () and Thaba- Kgwai () 9. Dr JS Moroka (Sigabuswa Mbibana Marapyane \Mdutjana) (Vaalbank/Elibangeni) 10. Thembisile Hani KwaMhlanga Verena (Mkobola\Kwaggafontein) 11. Victor Khanye (Delmas) - Sundra

(Signed) Dunstan Mlambo Judge President of the Gauteng Divisions of the High Court of South Africa

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