Legal Aid Contact Details

Legal Aid South Africa gives legal advice and representation to people who cannot afford a lawyer. Its advice line is 0800 110 110, Monday to Friday, 07:00 to 19:00.

Official contact details

• Advice line: 0800 110 110 (toll-free), Monday to Friday 07:00 to 19:00
• Please Call Me: 079 835 7179. Send a Please Call Me and Legal Aid calls you back
• Email: communications2@legal-aid.co.za
• Fraud and ethics hotline: 0800 153 728

Finding a local Legal Aid office

Legal Aid’s website has a Find Us map that lists its offices by province: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape and Western Cape. The site also has a Lodge a Complaint page for complaints about Legal Aid’s own service.

Not the Legal Practice Council

Legal Aid South Africa is not the regulator of attorneys. A complaint about a private attorney or advocate goes to the Legal Practice Council on 010 001 8500.

Sources

• Legal Aid South Africa contact and Find Us pages, legal-aid.co.za, read 19 September 2026