LEGAL WORKING GROUP RESOURCE GUIDE
Core Areas Of Focus
- Civil and Political Justice
- Gender Justice
- Environmental Justice
- Business and Human Rights
- Homeland and Rural
Democracy
Contact Details
Website:
Centre for Applied Legal Studies – (CALS)
Tel: +27 11 717 8600
Email: info.cals@wits.ac.za
Physical Address: First Floor, DJ du Plessis Building
West Campus
University of the Witwatersrand
Braamfontein
Links To Resources
Victimisation Experiences of Activists in South Africa
Core Areas Of Focus
- Land rights
- Housing rights
Contact Details
Website: Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa
Physical Address: 6th Floor Nzunza House
88 Jorissen Street
Braamfontein
Johannesburg
2001
Reception: +27 11 356 5860
Fax: +27 11 339 5950
Email: info@seri-sa.org
Links To Resources
Core Areas Of Focus
- Education
- Health
- Democracy and Constitutionalism
- Climate Justice
Contact Details
Website: Section27 – Catalysts for Social Justice
Email: info@section27.org.za
Physical Adress: First Floor, South Point Corner Building
87 De Korte Street
Braamfontein
Johannesburg
2017
Tel: 011 356 4100
Links To Resources
Core Areas Of Focus
- Land
- Education
Contact Details
Website: LRC | LRC
JOHANNESBURG/NATIONAL OFFICE
2nd Floor West Wing, Women’s Jail,
Constitution Hill,
1 Kotze Street, Braamfontein,
Johannesburg 2001
Tel: +27 11 038 9709
Fax: +27 11 838 4876
CAPE TOWN OFFICE
Block D, Ground Floor, Aintree Office Park,
cnr Doncaster & Loch Roads, Kenilworth,
Cape Town 7708
Tel: +27 21 879 2398
Fax: +27 21 423 0935
DURBAN OFFICE
11th Floor, Aquasky Towers,
275 Anton Lembede Street,
Durban 4001
Tel: +27 31 301 7572
Fax: +27 31 304 2823
MAKHANDA OFFICE
116 High Street,
Makhanda 6139
Tel: +27 46 622 9230
Fax: +27 46 622 3933
Links To Resources
Core Areas Of Focus
- Activist Support and Training
- Corporate Accountability
- Mining Pollution and Climate Change
- Transparency
Contact Details
Website: Centre for Environmental Rights – Advancing Environmental Rights in South Africa
Email: info@cer.org.za
Tel: +27 21 447 1647
Physical Adress: 1st Floor, Birkdale 2, River Park, 1 River Lane, Liesbeek Parkway, Mowbray, Cape Town
Core Areas Of Focus
- Refugee and Migrant
Rights - Strategic Litigation
- Penal Reform
- Land and Housing
- Gender Equality Rights
Contact Details
Website: Lawyers for Human Rights – Free Legal Services to Vulnerable, Indigent Individuals and Communities
Physical Adress: PRETORIA OFFICE
Physical Address: Kutlwanong Democracy Centre
357 Visagie Street
Pretoria
Tel: 012 320 2943
WhatsApp text only: 064 647 4719
JOHANNESBURG OFFICE
Physical Address: 4th Floor Southpoint Corner Building
87 De Korte Street, Braamfontein
Tel: 011 339 1960
WhatsApp text only: 066 076 8845
DURBAN OFFICE
Physical Address: Room S104, Diakonia Centre
20th Diakonia Avenue (formerly St.Andrews Street) Durban
Tel: 031 301 0531
WhatsApp text only: 067 258 6020
Links To Resources
Core Areas Of Focus
- The Right to favourable and just working conditions
- The Right to Land Housing, and Property
- Equality in Relationships
- Sexual And Reproductive Health Rights
Contact Details
Website: Women’s Legal Centre
Physical Address: 2nd Floor, 5 St Georges Mall Cape Town
Links To Resources
Core Areas Of Focus
- Equitable Access to Land and Housing
- Security of Tenure
- Community Organising and Movement and Support
Contact Details
Website: Ndifuna Ukwazi
Tel: +27 21 012 5094
Email: contact@nu.org.za
Physical Adress: Buitengracht Centre
125 Buitengracht St
Cape Town City Centre
Cape Town
8000
Links To Resources
Core Areas Of Focus
- Education
Contact Details
Website: Home | Equal Education Law Centre
Contact: +27 21 461 1421 / 0800 110 752 (Tollfree
Email: info@eelawcentre.org.za
Physical Adress: 3rd Floor, Isivivana Centre, 8 Mzala Street, Khayelitsha, 7784
Links To Resources
Core Areas Of Focus
- Youth Empowerment
- Climate Action
- Climate Advocacy
- Climate Education
Contact Details
Website: African Climate Alliance
Contact: +27 21 461 1421 / 0800 110 752 (Tollfree
Links To Resources
Core Areas Of Focus
- Affirming and Defending Rights to Land Resources and Knowledge
- Standing with Communities
- Defending Rights Against Environmental and Social Impacts
Contact Details
Website: Natural Justice – Lawyers for Communities and the Environment
Contact: +27 21 442 0321
Email: info@naturaljustice.org
Physical Address: 63 Hout Street Mercantile Building Cape Town, 8000 – South Africa
Links To Resources
Core Areas Of Focus
Life After Coal (ImpiloNgaphandle Kwamalahle) is a joint campaign by Earthlife
Africa, groundWork, and the Centre for Environmental Rights.
- Just Transition
- Health and Air Quality
- Renewable Energy
Contact Details
See CER and Groundwork
details OR Earth Life Africa
Tel: 011 39662
Links To Resources
Core Areas Of Focus
- Climate and Energy Justice
- Environmental Justice
- Waste + Coal
- Healthy Hospitals
Contact Details
Website: Home – groundWork
Email: avena@groundwork.org.za
Links To Resources
Core Areas Of Focus
Faith-based civil society organisation focusing on corporate accountability and
support to communities in the mining sector.
Areas of work include:
- Community monitoring
School - Research scrutinising the human rights performance of
companies (Policy Gap
Series) - International solidarity
campaigns
Contact Details
Website: Climate Action | Climate Advocacy | Climate Education
Email: info@bench-marks.org.za
Phone: 011 832 1743/2
Links To Resources
Core Areas Of Focus
‘We are an African institute doing research into the constraints to effective governance… We work towards building effective and democratic state institutions, for more equitable policies to reduce poverty and inequality’
- Research and resources around barriers to free basic electricity (and other public services) that can provide insights for community activist
Contact Details
Website: www.pari.org.za
Links To Resources
Core Areas Of Focus
Mining-Affected Communities United In Action and Women Affected By Mining United in Action
A radical movement uniting struggles of mining-affected communities.
Some campaigns include:
- Scrap the MPRDA
- Climate Justice and Just Transition
- Community Social Audits
Contact Details
Links To Resources
Core Areas Of Focus
Mining and Environmental Justice Community Network of South Africa
Network of communities, community-based organisations and community members whose environmental and human rights are affected, directly or indirectly, by mining and mining-related activities.
Contact Details
Website: www.mejcon.org.za
Links To Resources
Core Areas Of Focus
‘Africa’s first investigative environmental journalism unit’
- Data-driven environmental journalism
- Tracking tools that activists can use and input information into around climate change, energy generation and mining licenses
Contact Details
Website: www.oxpeckers.org
Links To Resources
Power tracker (mapping energy generation:
https://oxpeckers.org/powertracker/Resources Report an environmental violation
Climate tracker: mapping impacts of climate change in Southern Africa
https://climatracker.oxpeckers.org/#/climate?year=1971
Mine alert: tracking mining applications and licenses in Africa
https://oxpeckers.org/minealert/
Core Areas Of Focus
- Working class popular climate education
- Climate justice campaigns
Contact Details
Website: www.saftu.org.za
Contacts:
Front Desk
Serah Klass
Tel 1 : +27 (10) 601 6411
Tel 2 : +27 (11) 331 0124
Fax : +27 (11) 331 0176
E-mail : serah@saftu.org.za
National Educator
Newton Masuku
Call : 066 168 2157
Email : newtonm@saftu.org.za
Further contacts:
https://saftu.org.za/contacts-3
Links To Resources
Core Areas Of Focus
Climate justice campaigns
Contact Details
Website: www.giwusa.org.za
www.saftu.org.za/affiliates/giwusa
Phone: +27 78 939 9398
Email: info@giwusa.org.za
Links To Resources
Core Areas Of Focus
Trade Union Mobilisation
Contact Details
Website: www.mediadon.co.za
Headquarters:
COSATU HOUSE,
110 Jorissen street, cnr.
Simmonds street,
Braamfontein 2017
Head office tel: 011 339 4911
Fax: 011 339 5080
Email: enquiries@cosatu.org.za
More telephone numbers:
Parliamentary: 012 461 3835
Eastern Cape: 043 726 4038/45
Free State: 051 447 5499
Gauteng: 011 403 0990
KwaZulu Natal: 031 304 1699
Limpopo: 015 291 2981
Mpumalanga: 013 656 0289
North West: 018 452 2406
Northern Cape: 053 822 9090
Links To Resources
Core Areas Of Focus
- Freedom of Assembly
- Protest Action
Contact Details
Website: www.r2p.org.za
Hotline: 080 0212 111
Email: omhle.ntshingila@wits.ac.za
Links To Resources
Core Areas Of Focus
Support for Environmental and Human Rights Defenders
Contact Details
Links To Resources
Core Areas Of Focus
Holistic Support Climate
Justice Leaders
Contact Details
Website: www.90by2030.org.za/youthsupport-hub/
Tel: +27 87 806 3501
Email: info@90by2030.org.za
Links To Resources
Core Areas Of Focus
Small grants for
community organisations
Contact Details
Website: www.ejfundsa.org.za
www.ejfundsa.org.za/applyfor-support/
Email: info@ejfundsa.org.za
Cell: 078 291 0014