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Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa

Index Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa

The Supreme Court of Appeal or SCA (formerly known as the Appellate Division) is an appellate court in South Africa. [1]

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Appellate court

An appellate court, commonly called an appeals court, court of appeals (American English), appeal court (British English), court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal.

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Azhar Cachalia

Azhar Cachalia (born 26 June 1956) is a judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa and former anti-apartheid activist for the United Democratic Front.

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Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein (Afrikaans and Dutch "fountain of flowers" or "blooming fountain"; also known as Bloem) is the capital city of the province of Free State of South Africa; and, as the judicial capital of the nation, one of South Africa's three national capitals (the other two being Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Pretoria, the administrative capital) and is the seventh largest city in South Africa.

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Constitution of South Africa

The Constitution of South Africa is the supreme law of the Republic of South Africa.

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Constitutional Court of South Africa

The Constitutional Court of South Africa is a supreme constitutional court established by the Constitution of South Africa.

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General jurisdiction

A court of general jurisdiction is a court with authority to hear cases of all kinds – criminal, civil, family, probate, and so forth.

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James Rose Innes

Sir James Rose Innes, PC (8 January 1855 – 16 January 1942) was the Chief Justice of South Africa from 1914 to 1927 and, in the view of many, its greatest ever judge.

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John Wessels

Sir Johannes (John) Wilhelmus Wessels (1862–1936) was a judge of the Appellate Division from 1923 to 1936 and Chief Justice of South Africa from 1932 to 1936.

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Judicial Service Commission (South Africa)

The Judicial Service Commission is a body specially constituted by the South African Constitution to recommend persons for appointment to the judiciary of South Africa.

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Leona Theron

Leona Valerie Theron (born 7 November 1966 in Durban) is a judge on the Constitutional Court of South Africa and formerly of the Supreme Court of Appeal.

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Lex Mpati

Lex Mpati is a South African judge, formerly President of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa and Chancellor of Rhodes University, his alma mater.

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Mahomed Navsa

Mahomed Solomon Navsa (born 24 May 1957) is a judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa and its current Acting Deputy President.

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Malcolm Wallis

Malcolm John David Wallis (born 8 July 1950) is a judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa.

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Mandisa Maya

Mandisa Muriel Lindelwa Maya (born March 20, 1964) is a South African jurist who serves as President of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa (SCA) since 26 May 2017.

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Oliver Schreiner

Oliver Deneys Schreiner, MC (29 December 1890 - 27 July 1980), was a judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa, the highest level appeals court in the country at the time.

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President of South Africa

The President of the Republic of South Africa is the head of state and head of government under the Constitution of South Africa.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Stevan Majiedt

Stevan Arnold Majiedt (born 18 December 1960 in Kenhardt) is a judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa and a former acting judge on its Constitutional Court.

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Superior Courts Act, 2013

The Superior Courts Act, 2013 (Act No. 10 of 2013) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa that restructured the court system.

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Supreme court

A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in many legal jurisdictions.

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Supreme Court of South Africa

The Supreme Court of South Africa was a superior court of law in South Africa from 1910 to 1997.

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Union of South Africa

The Union of South Africa (Unie van Zuid-Afrika, Unie van Suid-Afrika) is the historic predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa.

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Zukisa Tshiqi

Zukisa Laurah Lumka Tshiqi (born 11 January 1961) is a judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa and has served as an acting judge on the country's Constitutional Court.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Appeal_of_South_Africa

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