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Renaming Of The High Courts. Abbreviations
Ciskei High Court - Eastern Cape High Court, Bhisho - ECB
Eastern Cape Provincial Division - Eastern Cape High Court, Grahamstown - ECG
Transkei High Court - Eastern Cape High Court, Mthatha - ECM
South Eastern Cape Local Division - Eastern Cape High Court, Port Elizabeth - ECP
Orange Free State Provincial Division - Free State High Court, Bloemfontein - FB
Durban and Coast Local Division - KwaZulu-Natal High Court, Durban - KZD
Natal Provincial Division - KwaZulu-Natal High Court, Pietermaritzburg - KZP
Witwatersrand Local Division - South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg - GSJ
Transvaal Provincial Division - North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria - GNP
Northern Cape Provincial Division - Northern Cape High Court, Kimberley - NCK
Bophuthatswana High Court - North West High Court, Mafikeng - NWM
Venda High Court - Limpopo High Court, Thohoyandou - LT
Cape Provincial Division - Western Cape High Court, Cape Town - WCC
ZACC Constitutional Court of South Africa
ZASC Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa
ZACAC South African Competition Appeal Court
ZACOMMC South African Commercial Crimes Court
ZAEQC South African Equality Court
Published report series
BCLR _ [Butterworths] Constitutional Law Reports
SA _ South African Law Reports (though you can sometimes encounter SALR.)
SACR _ South African Criminal Law Reports
All SA _ All South African Law Reports
South African citation practice adds the abbreviated name of the court at the end eg (CC) Constitutional Court, (A) Appellate Division, (SCA) Supreme Court of Appeal.
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