The Jurisdiction of Regional Courts Amendment Act extends civil jurisdiction to the Regional Courts, and the Act is intended to be put into operation in September 2009. 

It allows for matters involving amounts between R100 000,00 to R300 000,00, in various categories in terms of section 29 of the Magistrates’ Court Act to be heard in the Regional Court, to be held obviously at the Magistrates’ Court as we know them, and in this regard the seat of the Regional Court would be Johannesburg, with the place of sitting for Regional Courts including Kempton Park, Pretoria, Vanderbijlpark, Randburg, Vereeniging.