Mdantsane Magistrate Court serves the Mdantsane sub district of Buffalo City and publishes its own after hours line for domestic violence applications.
Official contact channels
- Court: 043 708 5000
- Domestic violence after hours: 083 216 1325
Services and responsibilities
The court handles criminal and civil cases, maintenance, domestic violence, childrens court and child justice matters, sexual offences and small claims. The main seat for Buffalo City is East London on 043 702 8000, about twenty kilometres away.
Office and address information
The court is at Mazawule N1, Mdantsane, 5219, with post to Private Bag X006 at the same code. The department prints the telephone number as 043-7085000, run together with a hyphen rather than spaced, which is the same number as 043 708 5000.
Applications and escalation
Mdantsane and East London are separate courts with separate after hours numbers, so use the one for the court your matter belongs to. If neither answers, the nearest police station can reach the standby magistrate.
Sources
- justice.gov.za/contact/lowercourts_full.html, the Department of Justice lower courts directory, read 2 September 2026.