Supreme Court of Appeal (South Africa)

Supreme Court of Appeal
List 10 other official names: Hoogste Hof van Appèl (Afrikaans) iKhotho ePhakemeko yezokuBuyekezwa (Southern Ndebele) iNkundla ePhakamileyo yeziBheno (Xhosa) Inkantolo ephakeme yokwedluliswa kwamacala (Zulu) iNkantolo lePhakeme yekweNdlulisela emacala (Swazi) Kgorokgolo ya Tsheko ya Boipiletšo (Northern Sotho) Lekgotla le Phahameng la Boipiletso (Sotho) Kgotlatshekelokgolo ya Boikuelo (Tswana) Khotonkulu yo Endla Xikombelo (Tsonga) Khothe Khulwane ya Khaṱhululo (Venda)
Building of the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein
29°06′55″S 26°12′59″E / 29.1154°S 26.2163°E / -29.1154; 26.2163
Established	1910 (Appellate Division)
Jurisdiction	South Africa
Location	Bloemfontein
Coordinates	29°06′55″S 26°12′59″E / 29.1154°S 26.2163°E / -29.1154; 26.2163
Composition method	Presidential appointment on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission
Authorised by	Chapter 8 of the Constitution; Superior Courts Act, 2013
Appeals to	Constitutional Court
Number of positions	25
Website	www.supremecourtofappeal.org.za
President
Currently	Mahube Molemela
Since	1 June 2023
Deputy President
Currently	Dumisani Zondi
Since	10 July 2024

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The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), formerly known as the Appellate Division, is the second-highest court of appeal in South Africa below the Constitutional Court. The country's apex court from 1910 to 1994, it no longer holds that position, having been displaced in constitutional matters by the Constitutional Court in 1994, and in all matters by 2013. It is located in Bloemfontein. Bloemfontein is often, and has been traditionally referred to, as the "judicial capital" of South Africa because of the court, although the Constitutional Court is based in Johannesburg.^[1][2]