SASLAW PRO BONO PROJECT AGM PRESENATION 6 SEPTEMBER 2019

  The SASLAW Pro Bono NPC project at the South African Labour Courts serves to deliver a quality advisory service and defined Labour Law legal services to those who otherwise do not have access to justice. The project is administered by SASLAW and its attorney members offer advice and services to indigent clients.

The project assists the Labour Court with giving South Africans who cannot afford legal assistance, the right to have access to justice, and to receive advice on their labour matters from professional and qualified attorneys in a dignified and respectful manner

OPENING OF THE JOHANNESBURG OFFICE SEPTEMBER 2011 Anton Myburgh SC and Judge President of the Labour Court – Dunstan Mlambo

5TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION JOHANNESBURG LABOUR COURT FEBRUARY 2016 Judge President, Deputy Judge President, Judge van Niekerk & Directors of the Project

LOCATION OF THE FIVE OFFICES IN SOUTH AFRICA PRO BONO ADVICE CENTRES

NATIONAL OFFICE STATISTICS FEBRUARY 2011 to AUGUST 2019 Clients seen 23156 Hours spent in office 16271 No of attorneys 308 No of firms 188 No of matters taken on by attorneys 2130 No of matters taken on by Legal Aid 1311 No of new clients seen by the Permanent Attorney in the Johannesburg Advice Office 433 NATIONAL OFFICE STATISTICS FEBRUARY 2011 to AUGUST 2019

Funding Funding has been secured from the University of Toronto for: 2019 2020 2021 Of CAD30 000 per year. This sum will cover the running costs for the 4 Pro bono offices for a year; Legal Aid SA funded a permanent attorney in Johannesburg, however, this funding will terminate in December 2019; Funding is required for the permanent attorney at the Johannesburg Office from January 2020. The cost is approximately R250 000 per year; Funding

PROPOSAL TO SASLAW NATIONAL COMMITTEE The National Committee has agreed to a proposal from the NPC in terms of which: 1. SASLAW writes off an existing R216 000 loan to the NPC; 2. SASLAW will pay over to the Pro bono NPC 30% of the sponsorship money received, on an annual basis, of between R180K and R200K to fund the retention of the permanent attorney in Johannesburg from January 2020. In the interest of transparency, this decision of the National Committee was subject to disclosure of the decision and its basis to the members at this conference PROPOSAL TO SASLAW NATIONAL COMMITTEE

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