Kathu is recorded as a detached court rather than a magistrate court in its own right, administered from the Kuruman main seat, and it also sits at Deben.
Official contact channels
- Court: 053 723 3221
Services and responsibilities
A detached court is a permanent office run from a main seat elsewhere. Kathu falls in the John Taolo Gaetsewe district, whose main seat is Kuruman on 053 712 1081. Deben is recorded as a place of sitting.
Office and address information
The court is on Hendrik van Eck Road, Kathu, 8446, with post to Private Bag X510 at the same code. No street number is published.
Applications and escalation
Because Kathu is administered from Kuruman, records and some administrative functions may sit at the main seat. Kathu is in the Northern Cape iron ore belt, and the district also contains the Kudumane court at Mothibistad on 053 773 1868.
Sources
- justice.gov.za/contact/lowercourts_full.html, the Department of Justice lower courts directory, read 2 September 2026.