WHERE CAN I FIND HELP?
SAHRC PROVINCIAL OFFICES
WESTERN CAPE
EASTERN CAPE
1 Thibault, 3rd Floor, 1 Long Street, Cape Town, 8001
3-33 Phillip Frame Road, Waverly Park, Phase 4B,
Tel: 021 426 2277 | Fax: 021 426 2875
Chiselhurst, East London
Email: wcfrontline@sahrc.org.za
Tel: 043 722 7828/21/25 | Fax: 043 722 7830
LAWYERS
Email address: ymvovo@sahrc.org.za
FREE STATE
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has a Child-Friendly Complaints
Procedure specifically designed to handle complaints made by or involving children. If you
have experienced a human rights violation, you can make a complaint to any one of the nine
provincial offices where children or their parents/guardians/caregivers can lodge a complaint
in a safe, affirming and child-friendly space.
https://www.sahrc.org.za/childrensrights/index.php/en/childrens-complaint-box
CENTRE FOR CHILD LAW
18 Keller Street, Bloemfontein
Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria
Tel: 051 447 1130 | Fax: 051 447 1128
Tel: 012 420 4502 | Fax: 012 420 4499
Email: FSComplaints@sahrc.org.za
Email: centreforchildlaw@up.ac.za
GAUTENG
27 Stiemens Street, JD House, Braamfontein,
www.centreforchildlaw.co.za
LAWYERS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Johannesburg
Kutlwanong Democracy Centre
Tel: 011 877 3750 | Fax 011 403 0668
357 Visagie Street, Pretoria
E-mail: GautengComplaints@sahrc.org.za
Tel: 012 320 2943
KWAZULU-NATAL
First Floor, 136 Margaret Mncadi Avenue, Durban
www.lhr.org.za
SCALABRINI CENTRE OF CAPE TOWN
Tel: 031 304 7323/4/5 | Fax: 031 304 7323
47 Commercial Street, Cape Town
Complaints Email: kzncomplaints@sahrc.org.za
Tel: 021 465 6433
LIMPOPO
First Floor, First Floor, Office 29a Biccard Street,
Email: info@scalabrini.org.za
www.scalabrini.org.za
LEGAL AID SOUTH AFRICA
Polokwane
Tel: 015 291 3500 | Fax: 015 291 3505
https://legal-aid.co.za/
Email: mngobeni@sahrc.org.za
The Centre for Child Law
The Centre for Child Law is an impact litigation organisation that was established in 1998.
The Centre is registered as a Law Clinic and is based in the Faculty of Law at the University of
Pretoria. The Director of the Centre is Ms Karabo Ozah.
The vision of the Centre is to establish child law and uphold the rights of children in South Africa,
within and international and regional context, particularly insofar as these interests pertain to
their legal position.
The Centre’s mission is to work towards the development of child law and the realisation of
children’s rights in South Africa, within a regional and international context.
MPUMALANGA
OTHER CONTACTS
UNICEF
Allied Building 1st Floor, 34 Brown Street Nelspruit,
Mbombela
Equity House, 659 Pienaar street, Brooklyn, Pretoria
Tel: 013 752 8292 | Fax: 013 752 6890
Tel: 012 425 4701
Email: gkhoza@sahrc.org.za
Email: pretoria@unicef.org
NORTHERN CAPE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
50 Mark street, Upington
134 Pretorius Street, HSRC Building, Pretoria
Tel: 054 332 3993/4 | Fax: 054 332 7750
Tel: 012 312 7727
Email: zlouw@sahrc.org.za
Email: customercare@dsd.gov.za
NORTH WEST
25 Heystek Street, Rustenburg
DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS
http://www.dha.gov.za/
Tel: 014 592 0694 | Fax: 014 594 1069
https://centreforchildlaw.co.za
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HOW TO GET DOCUMENTED
Email: Bmabusela@sahrc.org.za
HOW TO GET DOCUMENTED
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