It's a rainy, mid-autumn morning in Makhanda, formerly Grahamstown. It's not a busy town, apart from High Street, where robed jurists scurry to the Makhanda High Court.
This is a scene that has played out for the past 147 years, but the approval of a new proposal would bring an end to what little activity this town has.
A panel chaired by former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke recommended that the court be moved to Bisho.