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A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US
ProBono.Org Annual Report 2024: Empowering Access to Justice
As poverty levels rise and legal services become harder to reach, ProBono.Org continues to stand at the forefront, advocating for the marginalized.
This year’s report highlights the challenges faced, the milestones achieved, and our ongoing commitment to providing justice for all.
Discover our impact and join us in making a difference.
PROBONO.ORG IS A DYNAMIC NGO THAT WORKS WITH THE PRIVATE LEGAL PROFESSION TO PROVIDE PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES TO THE POOR.
We harness the enormous skill, might and strength of the South African private legal profession to cases and clients that we identify. Our existence is a response to the lack of access to justice for people in South African who are unable to pay for their own private legal representation. Section 34 of our Constitution, giving everyone the right to have any dispute resolved by the application of law decided in a fair public hearing before a court, or… another independent and impartial tribunal or forum, has no meaning whatsoever, if a person is unable to afford representation. ProBono.Org has as its goal, the creation of sufficient free legal representation for all who need it.
RDP Title Deed Backlog and the Threat of Eviction
After South Africa’s first democratic election in 1994, the new government sought to redress the housing inequalities of Apartheid. The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP), enacted on 13 July 1994, aimed to provide adequate housing for previously…
ProBono.Org Attends the Women in Immigration Detention Mini Institute
ProBono.Org Durban attended the Women in Immigration Detention Mini Institute for migrant lawyers, a two-day conference held from 19 to 20 May 2026. The event was hosted by the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA) in collaboration with Lawyers for…
Events
🌍 Africa Day Celebrated at Orange Farm On 25 May, the Orange Farm Human Rights Advice Centre hosted an Africa Day Festival in partnership with the Itsoseng Women’s Project and local Early Childhood Development (ECD) associations. The event aimed to promote…
Ohio University Students Explore Law and Democracy in South Africa
Partners in Justice: OHIO and ProBono.Org at 30 Years of the Constitution A group of eleven Ohio University students recently returned from Law, Justice & Transition to Democracy in South Africa, a study abroad programme co-directed by Larry Hayman and Dr. Haley…
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STAFF NEWS
Cape Town Bronwyn Japhta currently serves as a legal intern at ProBono.Org Cape Town, where she supports the organisation's mandate of expanding access to justice for marginalised individuals and communities. She is an LLB graduate and LLM candidate at the University...
RDP Title Deed Backlog and the Threat of Eviction
After South Africa's first democratic election in 1994, the new government sought to redress the housing inequalities of Apartheid. The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP), enacted on 13 July 1994, aimed to provide adequate housing for previously...
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Services to clients
ProBono.Org screens, matches and refers clients to volunteer private lawyers. These are some of our services…
Services to lawyers
> We make it easy to give back
> We relieve the administrative burden of pro bono work for legal practitioners
> We find clients
> We vet clients
> We ensure all their documents are in order
General Services
ProBono.Org establishes links and builds bridges between the private legal sector and the public interest legal needs of the poor.
