SOUTHERN AFRICAN LEGAL INFORMATION INSTITUTE NPC (SAFLII)

SAFLII (Southern African Legal Information Institute NPC), established almost 25 years ago, is an online repository of public legal information from mainly South Africa. SAFLII has systematically and painstakingly grown its substantial collection of legal documents, which includes judgments, legislation, Rules of Court, journal articles, reports of commissions of inquiry, Government Gazettes, Constitutional Assembly resources, Rule 16A notices and daily court rolls.

Key to SAFLII’s operations is the integrity of the material which are published. It has established working relationships with all the High Court divisions, the Supreme Court of Appeal, the Constitutional Court, the Land Court, the Labour Court and other specialised tribunals, and judgments are only posted on the SAFLII portal if received directly from one of these courts. SAFLII has no authority or standing to edit the text of judgments; and reportable and non-reportable judgments are uploaded to its website. Judgments are uploaded on a daily basis, making available the most recent jurisprudence in one place.

All the information is accessible for free and users need not be subscribers to access the information. Maximising access to the legal information on SAFLII’s portal is a practical way of increasing access to justice and supporting the rule of law.