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JUSTICE: SMALL CLAIMS COURTS THRESHOLD RAISED
- 22 July 2026
- Courts
- SA Legal Academy
The Department of Justice & Constitutional Development has issued a media statement on a recently gazetted increase in the monetary jurisdiction of the Small Claims Courts. Effective from 1 August 2026, the R10 thousand increase is expected to facilitate the speedy, cost-effective and fair resolution of a larger volume of disputes – thus ‘ensuring that access to justice is determined by the merits of a case rather than a person’s financial means’.
The prevailing jurisdiction of R20 thousand has been in place since March 2019.
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