The latest Reserved Judgment Report for the chief justice has revealed that 1,723 judgments were reserved as of the beginning of the fourth quarter in October last year.
According to the latest list, the Pretoria high court had the highest number of late judgments at 346 that are less than six months old, and 55 cases that are more than six months late.
The Johannesburg labour court has 172 late judgments, 32 of them being older than six months. It is followed by Mahikeng high court with 143 late judgments, and 29 of them being delated by over six months.
The Constitutional Court failed to set a good example. The apex court has 14 late judgments, with eight of them still pending beyond the six-month benchmark.
Judge Nomsa Khumalo of the Pretoria high court had 16 judgments outstanding for more than six months. The judge previously had the highest number of late judgments.