Proclaimed Magisterial Districts
Proclaimed Magisterial District Maps
On 1 December 2014, the Rationalisation of Magisterial Districts project started to align the magisterial districts in the country with municipal boundaries. This process also ensures that more people have access to justice services at courts that are located closer to where they live. Follow this link to view the FAQ .
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Place name search: Gauteng , Limpopo , Mpumalanga , North West , Northern Cape , Free State , Eastern Cape , KwaZulu-Natal , Western Cape
Online maps and courts per region
List of Provinces and their Magisterial Districts
KwaZulu-Natal Magisterial Districts
Amajuba: Main Seat: Newcastle
Sub Districts: Dannhauser, Emadlangeni, Madadeni
eThekwini:
Main Seat: Durban
Sub Districts: eThekwini North, eThekwini South, eThekwini West
Harry Gwala:
Main Seat: Polela (Hlanganani)
Sub Districts: Greater Kokstad, Ubuhlebezwe, Umzimkhulu
Ilembe: Main Seat: Kwadukuza
Sub Districts: Maphumulo, Ndwedwe
King Cetshwayo:
Main Seat: Empangeni and
Sub Districts: Mthonjaneni, Nkandla, Umlalazi
Ugu: Main Seat: Port Shepstone and
Sub Districts: Umdoni, Umuziwabantu, Umzumbe
Umgungundlovu: Main Seat: Pietermaritzburg and
Sub Districts: Umgungundlovu East, Umgungundlovu West
Umkhanyakude: Main Seat: Ubombo and
Sub Districts: Ingwavuma, Mtubatuba, Umhlabuyalingana
Umzinyathi: Main Seat: Dundee and
Sub Districts: Msinga, Nquthu, Umvoti
Uthukela: Main Seat: Ladysmith and
Sub Districts: Ezakheni, Inkosi Langalibalele, Okhahlamba
Zululand: Main Seat: Ulundi and
Sub Districts: Abaqulusi, Nongoma, Uphongolo
Eastern Cape Magisterial Districts
Amathole: Main Seat: Mnquma (Butterworth)
Sub Districts: Amahlathi, Great Kei, Mbashe, Ngqushwa, Raymond Mhlaba
Alfred Nzo: Main Seat: KwaBhaca (Mount Frere)
Sub Districts: Matatiele, Ntabankulu, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Buffalo City: Main Seat: East London
Sub Districts: Mdantsane, Zwelitsha
Chris Hani: Main Seat: Komani
Sub Districts: Emalahleni, Engcobo, Intsika Yethu, Inxuba Yethemba, Sakhisizwe
Joe Gqabi:
Main Seat: Sterkspruit
Sub Districts: Elundini, Walter Sisulu
Nelson Mandela: Main Seat: Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
Sub Districts: Kariega (Uitenhage), Motherwell, New Brighton
OR Tambo: Main Seat: Mthatha
Sub Districts: Ingquza Hill, Mhlontlo, Nyandeni, Port St Johns
Sarah Baartman:
Main Seat: Makhanda (Grahamstown)
Sub Districts: Blue Crane Route, Dr Beyers Naude, Kouga, Ndlambe, Sundays River Valley
Northern Cape Magisterial Districts
Frances Baard: Main Seat: Kimberley
Sub Districts: Barkly West; Galeshewe; Haartswater; Jan Kempdorp; Warrenton
John Taolo Gaetsewe: Main Seat: Kuruman
Sub Districts: Kudumane; Kathu; Olifantshoek
Namaqualand:
Main Seat: Springbok
Sub Districts: Calvinia; Fraserburg; Garies; Pofadder; Port Nolloth; Sutherland; Williston
Pixley Ka Seme: Main Seat: Britstown
Sub Districts: Carnavon; Colesberg; De Aar; Douglas; Griekwastad; Hanover; Hopetown; Noupoort; Phillipstown; Prieska; Richmond; Victoria West
ZF Mgcawu: Main Seat: Upington
Sub Districts: Groblershoop; Kakamas; Keimoes; Kenhardt; Postmasburg
Western Cape Magisterial Districts
Cape Town: Main Seat: Cape Town
Sub Districts: Atlantis, Bellville, Goodwood, Khayelitsha, Kuils Rivier, Mitchells Plain, Simon's Town, Somerset West, Strand, Wynberg
Cape Winelands: Main Seat: Worcester
Sub Districts: Drakenstein, Langeberg, Stellenbosch, Witzenberg
Central Karoo: Main Seat: Beaufort West
Sub Districts: Laingsburg, Prince Albert
Garden Route: Main Seat: George
Sub Districts: Hessequa, Kannaland, Knysna, Mossel Bay, Oudtshoorn
Overberg: Main Seat: Hermanus
Sub Districts: Cape Agulhas, Swellendam, Theewaterskloof
West Coast: Main Seat: Vredendal
Sub Districts: Bergrivier, Cederberg, Saldanha Bay, Swartland
Limpopo Magisterial Districts
Ba-Phalaborwa: Main Seat: Phalaborwa
Sub District: Lulekani; Namakgale
Bela-Bela: Main Seat: Bela-Bela
Blouberg: Main Seat: Blouberg
Elias Motsoaledi: Main Seat: Groblersdal
Sub District: Moutse
Giyani: Main Seat: Giyani
Lepele-Nkumpi: Main Seat: Lebowakgomo
Lephalale: Main Seat: Lephalale
Sub District: Phalala
Letaba: Main Seat: Ga-Kgapane
Makhado: Main Seat: Louis Trichardt
Sub Districts: Dzanani; Hlanganani; Tshilwavhusiku; Tshitale
Makhuduthamaga : Main Seat: Nebo
Sub District: Sekhukhune
Malamulele: Main Seat: Malamulele
Sub Districts: Tiyani; Vuwani
Modimolle: Main Seat: Modimolle
Mogalakwena: Main Seat: Mahwelereng
Sub District: Mokopane
Molemole: Main Seat: Morebeng
Mookgopong: Main Seat: Mookgopong
Musina: Main Seat: Musina
Mutale: Main Seat: Mutale
Polokwane: Main Seat: Polokwane
Sub Districts: Mankweng; Seshego
Thabazimbi: Main Seat: Thabazimbi
Sub District: Northam
Thulamela: Main Seat: Thohoyandou
Tubatse: Main Seat: Burgersfort
Tzaneen: Main Seat: Nkowankowa
Sub Districts: Tzaneen; Lenyenye
Free State Magisterial Districts
Fezile Dabi: Main Seat: Kroonstad
Sub Districts: Ngwathe; Parys; Mafube; Metsimaholo
Lejweleputswa: Main Seat: Welkom
Sub Districts: Hennenman; Masilonyana; Nala; Odendaalsrus; Tokologo; Tswelopele; Virginia
Mangaung: Main Seat: Bloemfontein
Sub Districts: Botshabelo; Thaba'Nchu
Thabo Mofutsanyane: Main Seat: Phuthaditjaba
Sub Districts: Dihlabeng; Maluti-a-Phofung; Mantsopa; Nketoana; Phumelela; Setsoto
Xhariep: Main Seat: Edenburg
Sub Districts: Letsemeng; Mohokare
North West Magisterial Districts
Ditsobotla :
Main Seat: Lichtenburg
Sub Districts: Coligny, Itsoseng
Greater Taung: Main Seat: Taung
Sub District: Kgomotso
Kagisano Molopo: Main Seat: Ganyesa
Kgetlengrivier: Main Seat: Koster
Sub District: Swartruggens
Lekwa-Teemane: Main Seat: Bloemhof
Sub District: Christiana
Madibeng :
Main Seat: Brits
Sub District: Ga-Rankuwa
Mafikeng: Main Seat Mmabatho
Mamusa: Main Seat: Schweizer-Reneke
Maquassi Hills: Main Seat: Wolmaranstad
Matlosana: Main Seat: Klerksdorp
Sub Districts: Orkney, Stilfontein
Moretele: Main Seat: Temba
Moses Kotane: Main Seat: Mankwe (Mogwase)
Sub District: Madikwe
Naledi: Main Seat: Vryburg
Ramotshere Moiloa: Main Seat: Lehurutshe
Sub Districts: Zeerust, Groot Marico
Rustenburg: Main Seat: Rustenburg
Sub District Tlhabane
Tlokwe: Main Seat: Potchefstroom
Tswaing: Main Seat: Delareyville
Sub Districts Atamelang, Ottosdal
Ventersdorp: Main Seat: Ventersdorp
Mpumalanga Magisterial Districts
Bushbuckridge: Main Seat: Bushbuckridge
Sub District: Mhala
Chief Albert Luthuli: Main Seat: Elukwatini
Sub District: Carolina
Dipaleseng: Main Seat: Balfour
Dr JS Moroka: Main Seat: Siyabuswa
Sub District: Mbibana
Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme: Main Seat: Volkrust
Sub Districts: Amersfoort; Wakkerstroom
Emakhazeni: Main Seat: Belfast
Sub District: Waterval Boven
Emalahleni: Main Seat: Witbank
Sub Districts: Kriel; Vosman
Govan Mbeki: Main Seat: Evander
Sub Districts: Bethal; Secunda
Lekwa: Main Seat: Standerton
Mbombela: Main Seat: Mbombela
Sub Districts: Nsikazi; White Rivier
Mkhondo: Main Seat: Piet Retief [eMkhondo]
Sub District: Amsterdam
Msukaligwa: Main Seat: Ermelo
Sub District: Breyten
Nkomazi: Main Seat: Tonga
Sub District: Komatipoort
Steve Tshwete: Main Seat: Middelburg
Sub District: Hendrina
Thaba Chweu: Main Seat: Mashishing
Sub District: Graskop; Sabie
Thembisile Hani: Main Seat: Kwaggafontein
Sub District: KwaMhanga
Umjindi: Main Seat: Barberton
Victor Khanye: Main Seat: Delmas
Gauteng Magisterial Districts
Ekurhuleni Central: Main Seat: Palm Ridge
Sub District: Germiston
Ekurhuleni East: Main Seat: Springs
Sub District: Nigel
Ekurhuleni North: Main Seat: Kempton Park
Sub Districts: Boksburg, Tembisa
Ekurhuleni South East: Main Seat: Benoni
Sub Districts: Brakpan, Daveyton, Tsakane
Emfuleni: Main Seat: Vanderbijlpark
Sub Districts Sebokeng, Vereeniging
Johannesburg Central: Main Seat: Johannesburg
Sub District: Soweto
Johannesburg North: Main Seat: Randburg
Sub District: Alexandra
Johannesburg West: Main Seat: Roodepoort
Lesedi: Main Seat: Heidelberg
Merafong: Main Seat: Oberholzer
Sub District: Fochville
Midvaal: Main Seat: Meyerton
Mogale City: Main Seat: Krugersdorp
Sub District: Kagiso
Randfontein: Main Seat: Randfontein
Tshwane Central: Main Seat: Pretoria
Sub Districts:
Atteridgeville, Mamelodi
Tshwane East: Main Seat: Ekangala
Sub Districts: Bronkhorstspruit, Cullinan
Tshwane North: Main Seat: Pretoria North
Sub District: Soshanguve
Westonaria: Main Seat: Westonaria
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Enquiries can be directed to:
Mr
Makena Z Moagi
Secretary: Rationalisation Committee
Tel: 012 315 1767,
E-mail: Rationalisation@justice.gov.za
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