The case against Mandisi Gwanya, the man dubbed the "Port St Johns cannibal" will go before a regional court on January 23 next year.
The 30-year-old Gwanya was arrested earlier this year is facing charges of child slaughter and cannibalism for allegedly killing and eating some of the flesh from the body of his four-year-old nephew Kamvelihle Ngala.
National Prosecuting Authority regional spokesman Luxolo Tyali confirmed that the case had been postponed to next year.
"A magistrate court cannot finalise a murder case, hence it was transferred to a regional court to endorse the DPP's decision," he said.