• I. Introduction
• II. Historical Overview1
— Cape Colony :
— Natal
— Orange Free State :
— Transvaal :
— Union of South Africa (1910-1961) and Republic of South Africa (1961-1994):
— The Introduction of Lay Participation in the Magistrates’ Courts :
• III. The New Democratic Dispensation (1994 – The Present):
— Does lay participation have a future in South Africa ?
• IV. Conclusion