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ProBono.Org Contact Details
ProBono.Org connects people who cannot afford a lawyer with attorneys who take cases free of charge. It is not a law firm itself and does not represent you directly: it runs legal clinics and refers matters to attorneys on its panel, which is why the route in is a clinic rather than a consultation.
Offices
- Johannesburg: 011 339 6080, info@probono.org.za, 1st Floor West Wing, Women Jail, Constitution Hill, 1 Kotze Street, Braamfontein. Fax 086 512 2222
- Durban: 031 301 6178, dbninfo@probono.org.za, Unit 310, 3rd Floor, Cowey Park, 91-123 Problem Mkhize Road, Morningside, 4000
- Cape Town: 087 470 0721, infocpt@probono.org.za, JDN House, 26A Shortmarket Street, Cape Town, 8001. Fax 086 665 6740
- Donations, media and press enquiries: 011 339 6080, editor@probono.org.za
- The Durban office uses the same mailbox for both projects and clinics
How you actually get help
- Help is given through legal clinics run in each city, and through referral to an attorney on the ProBono.Org panel
- There is a means test. ProBono.Org publishes it, and assistance is aimed at people who genuinely cannot afford private fees
- It also offers mediation, which for family and neighbour disputes is often faster and cheaper than litigation
- Phone the office for your city first to ask which clinic covers your kind of problem and when it sits. Arriving at the wrong clinic day wastes a trip
What to bring
- Your identity document, and proof of income or of receiving a grant, since the means test decides whether you qualify
- Every document about the matter: contracts, letters of demand, court papers with their case numbers, payslips, lease agreements
- Note any deadline on the papers. A summons or a notice of motion has a time limit measured in days, and a missed deadline can cost you the case regardless of its merits
- A short written timeline of what happened, with dates. It makes a first consultation far more productive
If ProBono.Org is not the right door
- Legal Aid South Africa is the state body and takes criminal matters as well as civil: 0800 110 110, free from a landline
- Every provincial Law Society and the Legal Practice Council handle complaints about an attorney conduct or fees
- For a discrimination or rights matter, the South African Human Rights Commission is on 011 877 3600
Frequently asked questions
What is the ProBono.Org contact number?
Johannesburg: 011 339 6080, info@probono.org.za, 1st Floor West Wing, Women Jail, Constitution Hill, 1 Kotze Street, Braamfontein.
What is the ProBono.Org email address?
Durban: 031 301 6178, dbninfo@probono.org.za, Unit 310, 3rd Floor, Cowey Park, 91-123 Problem Mkhize Road, Morningside, 4000.
How do I know these ProBono.Org details are correct?
We only list details read from the official website or channels of ProBono.Org, and this page shows the date they were checked. Confirm on the official site before you share personal information or make a payment.
Sources
- ProBono.Org official contact page, for all three office telephone numbers, fax numbers, mailboxes and street addresses, and for the donations and media contact route
- ProBono.Org official website navigation, for the legal clinics, mediation and means test services and the attorney panel model
- Legal Aid South Africa and South African Human Rights Commission published contact numbers