Donate to SAFLII today. Keep the law available to all.
SAFLII is a crucial resource for the legal community. Not only does it help all lawyers to do their job but it opens
the doors of the legal profession, by helping young lawyers to gain access to the law for free.
Professionals such as journalists, accountants, labour and HR practitioners and mediators also all use SAFLII regularly
as do trade unions, NGO workers, employers and employees of large and small businesses. And, importantly, ordinary
citizens also use SAFLII.
As a free-access service SAFLII has previously been funded through the generosity of donors since its inception in 2002.
It has never been funded through subscriptions or usage charges and it will always remain a free public service. However,
as an organisation SAFLII is running out of money and will cease to exist without your support.
If SAFLII were to cease functioning all of us would be impoverished.
Your contribution will help us ensure that we continue to serve the large numbers of people that visit SAFLII every month
and that we continue to expand our collections of legal information. You can view our usage statistics here to get a better
sense of how our services are utilised.
Enquiries should be addressed to donations@saflii.org , or you donate today by clicking on the Donate Now button below or above.
Why should you donate to SAFLII?
SAFLII’s work in promoting judicial accountability and access to our law is vital in helping to promote the rule of law
and ensuring that our democracy thrives and our nation prospers.
SAFLII depends on donations and has previously been able to operate thanks to donor funding which is now no longer
accessible. As an organisation SAFLII is running out of money and will cease to exist as of January 2017 without your
support.
What does SAFLII need to survive/ continue to do their work
SAFLII needs to raise R2 million per annum in order to continue to provide you with an invaluable tool. Every donation
helps and the more funds made available the more opportunity there will be to improve the content offering and to cover
the costs of the small team of staff and the technical requirements.
Enquiries should be addressed to donations@saflii.org , or you donate today by clicking on the Donate Now button below or above.
Donors wall of fame
SAFLII is grateful to all those organisations and individuals that provide us with funding, data and other assistance
and acknowledges their very significant contributions towards providing free access to law.
2020 Funders
2019 Funders
2018 Funders
Previous Funders
If every lawyer or advocate in South Africa donated R 100 per annum, SAFLII will be able to meet core costs annually and be
able to keep running indefinitely.
Fund activities
SAFLII is grateful to all those organisations and individuals that provide us with funding, data and other assistance and
acknowledges their very significant contributions towards providing free access to law.
Organisation Name
Amount Donated
Period Funded
Funded Activity
Law Society of the Northern Provinces
ZAR 500 000
2017
Core Operations
Claude Leon Foundation
ZAR 300 000
2017
Core Operations
Cape Law Society
ZAR 200 000
2017
Core Operations
Baker Mackenzie
ZAR 50 000
2017
Core Operations
Werksmans
ZAR 50 000
2017
Core Operations
Claude Leon Founation
ZAR 300 000
2016
Core Operations
Bowman Gilfillan
ZAR 400 000
2015 - 2016
Core Operations
Norton Rose Fulbright
ZAR 200 000
2015 - 2016
Core Operations
ENSafrica
ZAR 100 000
2015 - 2016
Core Operations
University of Cape Town
ZAR 2 100 000
2014 - 2016
Core Operations
The Andrew Mellon Foundation
USD 600 000
2011 - 2014
Core Operations
The Rhodes Trust
ZAR 1 700 000
2013 - 2014
Legislation Project
Freedom House
USD 120 000
2012
Core Operations
Open Society Foundation – South Africa
ZAR 511 000
2011 - 2012
Core Operations
Open Society Initiative of South Africa
USD 20 000
2011 - 2011
Core Operations
Ford Foundation
ZAR 100 000
2009- 2010
Core Operations
Open Society Foundation – South Africa
ZAR 1 275 000
2008-2009
Core Operations
Venice Commission
EUR 50 000
2007 - 2008
Supreme Court of Appeal Project
Carnegie Corporation
USD 200 000
2007 - 2008
Establishment at the Constitutional Court
The Andrew Mellon Foundation
USD 50 000
2006
Establishment at the Constitutional Court
If every lawyer or advocate in South Africa donated R 100 per annum, SAFLII will be able to meet core costs annually and be
able to keep running indefinitely.
