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More than half of the country’s outstanding rulings are by acting judges

The Pretoria Division of the Gauteng High Court had the highest number of late judgments, with 54 matters outstanding for longer than six months.

The Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria had the highest number of late judgments, with 54 matters outstanding for longer than six months. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks.
Acting judges continue to account for more than half of the backlog in the number of late court judgments across the country.
Judgment was reserved in 1,778 matters, of which 301 had been outstanding for more than six months. This is one fewer than the 302 late judgments recorded in the previous term.
The latest report reflects the situation at the start of the fourth court term: 1 November 2025 for the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court of Appeal and Labour Appeal Court, and 6 October for the High Court, Labour Courts…

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