Legal Aid South Africa has three separate offices in and around Polokwane, and they do different jobs. The local office takes clients; the provincial office runs the region and will not open a file for you; the satellites are branches of the local office and share its postal address. Read from legal-aid.co.za on 6 September 2026.
Legal Aid SA Polokwane Local Office
- Telephone: 015 291 2429
- Fax: 015 295 4386
- Address: 3rd Floor, Polokwane High Court, corner Bodenstein and Biccard Street, Polokwane, 0700
- Postal: PO Box 1314, Polokwane, 0700
The office is inside the High Court building, which matters on arrival – you go through court security to reach it, so allow time and bring identification.
The provincial office is also in Polokwane
- Legal Aid SA Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provincial Office – telephone 015 296 0117, fax 015 296 0102, PO Box 11237, Bendor Park, 0713
One provincial office covers both Limpopo and Mpumalanga from Polokwane. It is the escalation point when a local office has not responded, not the place to apply for help. Phoning it first only adds a step.
The satellite offices that report to Polokwane
- Mokopane Satellite – 0800 110 110, fax 015 491 4759. Mahwelereng Magistrate’s Court, corner Dudu Madisha Drive and Mokopane Hospital Street, Mahwelereng, Mokopane, 0600
- Lebowakgomo Satellite – 073 149 3414 (the office line published by Legal Aid SA), fax 015 633 7704. 1st Floor, Old Mutual Building, Lebowakgomo, Senwabarwana
- Senwabarwana (Bochum) Satellite – 015 505 9031 or 015 505 9032, fax 015 505 9030. Stand No. 526, Senwabarwana Office Park, Senwabarwana, 0790
All three post to PO Box 1314, Polokwane, the same box as the local office. Note that Mokopane publishes the national number rather than a landline of its own, and Lebowakgomo publishes a cellphone as its office line – that is what Legal Aid SA itself lists, not a mobile borrowed from a staff member.
The national routes
- Legal Aid Advice Line: 0800 110 110, Monday to Friday 07:00 to 19:00. The call is free
- Please Call Me: 079 835 7179 – send it and they call you back
- Fraud and Ethics Hotline: 0800 153 728
Legal Aid SA is means-tested. It represents people who cannot afford a lawyer, with priority for criminal matters and for vulnerable groups, and it will ask about your income before it takes the matter. Bring proof of income, your identity document and any court papers to the first appointment – without them the office cannot assess the application and you will be sent home to fetch them.