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3 February 2022 Implementation of court online pilot project in Gauteng division of High Court
14 February 2022 Default judgments in matters within the ambit of the NCA
3 February 2022 Civil trial roll process in Johannesburg
3 February 2022 DJP notice pertaining to the civil trial roll process in Johannesburg
6 January 2022 DJP notice on Johannesburg Unopposed Motion Court
5 October 2021 DJP notice on Urgent Motion Court in Johannesburg
7 September 2021 Practice directive on right of appearance in virtual proceedings in the North West Division
21 July 2021 Practice directives on Rule 41A of Uniform Rules in the Limpopo Division
21 July 2021 Practice directives and guidelines for virtual hearings in the Limpopo Division
21 July 2021 New directions by Justice Minister relating to measures put in place to combat spread of COVID-19 in correctional centres. Government Gazette 44883
16 July 2021 New directions by Justice Minister. Government Gazette 44868
1 July 2021 Adjusted alert level 4 District Court operations with effect 1 July 2021
21 June 2021 Legal Practitioners Indemnity Insurance Fund v Minister of Transport & Another
21 March 2021 Enrolment changes in unopposed motion court in the Gauteng Local Division
 19 March 2021 Free State High Court default judgement applications

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31 July 2019 Court terms of the Superior Courts for the period 2021 until 2027
 7 September 2020 Acting Chief Magistrate’s directive in respect of the issuing of court process, filing of papers, allocation of dates and enrolment of matters during lockdown level 2. 
 7 September 2020 Chief Master’s directive on advertisements of deceased estates and insolvency and liquidation related matters. 
 7 September 2020 Justice Minister directions for alert level 2 on prevention of spread of Covid-19 in correctional centres.
 31 August 2020 Directive from Judge President of the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court in respect of enrolment of civil trial matters.
 3 September 2020 Proposed guideline for the appointment of Acting Judges in the Superior Courts
 18 June 2020 Judge Presidents Directive, Limpopo Division: RAF trial roll
11 June 2020 Judgment on Cape Bar v Minister of Justice & Others
2 April 2020 Legal Practice Council additional guidance for legal practitioners regarding rendering of essential legal services during lockdown. 
27 March 2020 Extract from Government Gazette 43145 dealing with draft criteria and procedures for the recommendations of conferment of Senior Counsel and Senior Attorney status. 
27 March 2020 Government Gazette 43167: Directions issued to address the functioning of essential services relating to justice
27 March 2020 Directive from the Judge President of the KwaZulu-Natal Division of the High Court pertaining to the lockdown
27 March 2020 Directive from the Judge President of the Western Cape Division of the High Court pertaining to access to court during the lockdown
25 March 2020 Judge President’s Directive: Special Arrangements to address Covid-19 implications for all litigants in Pretoria and Johannesburg Courts
25 March 2020 Directive from the Judge President of the Labour and Labour Appeal Court in respect of access to the Labour Court during the lockdown
24 March 2020 Resolutions for Lower Courts in Limpopo. To be implemented with effect of 13h00 on 24 March 2020, subject to further directives issued by the Justice Minister and/or Chief Justice.

∗It is expected that the Justice Minister will publish directives on 25 March after consultation with the Chief Justice. These resolutions will then apply in conjunction with those directives.
23 March 2020 Guidelines for conversion of enrolment of legal practitioners – advocates
18 March 2020 Directive by Regional Court President: Limpopo Regional Division pertaining to Covid-19
17 March 2020 Directive by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng on measures adopted by Heads of Court to curb spread of Covid-19
16 March 2020 Directive by the Judge President of the Gauteng Division of the High Court pertaining to Covid-19
11 November 2019 Chief Master’s Directive 4 of 2019 regarding suffixes in Mortis Causa (Testamentary) Trusts: Implementation date 15 November 2019