LEGAL WIKI SA
Clear, easy-to-read legal information for South Africans — no fees, no appointments.
Start by choosing the topic closest to your situation:
Family & Divorce
Practical guides on divorce, maintenance, parenting plans, protection orders, and more.
Labour & Employment
Understand your rights at work: dismissals, CCMA, contracts, leave, overtime, and workplace disputes.
Property & Rentals
Plain-language explanations on evictions, deposits, leases, tenant rights, and landlord obligations.
Consumer & Small Claims
Know your rights under the CPA: refunds, faulty goods, service issues, and Small Claims Court steps.
Civil Claims & Summonses
Information on summonses, letters of demand, default judgments, and how civil claims work in South African courts.
Criminal & Traffic
General information about arrests, bail, criminal records, expungements, and traffic fines.
Business & Contracts
Company basics, MOIs, NDAs, partnership agreements, POPIA compliance, and more.
Licensing & Permits
Guides on business licences, liquor licences, event permits, and registration requirements.
Wills & Estates
Easy explanations on drafting wills, reporting deceased estates, executor duties, probate, and inheritance.
How Legal Wiki SA is meant to be used
- 1. Read a short guide on the topic that’s closest to your situation (for example divorce, a payment dispute, or a liquor licence).
- 2. The guide gives you general information about the process and shows you what typical documents and wording look like in practice.
- 3. Use this to prepare questions and paperwork, and then consult a qualified South African legal practitioner to get actual advice on what to do in your specific situation.
Behind the scenes we are experimenting with AI tools to help draft and improve content. These tools are not exposed directly on the public site yet.
Important notice
Legal Wiki SA provides general legal information and document examples focused on South African law. It is not a law firm, does not give legal advice and does not create any attorney-client relationship.
The information may be incomplete, outdated or wrong and may not apply to your specific situation. Legal deadlines, court rules and practical requirements can change, and they can differ from court to court.
You must verify everything against official sources (legislation, rules of court, case law and guidance from the relevant authorities) and obtain advice from an admitted legal practitioner in South Africa before acting on anything you read here. By using this site you accept that you do so at your own risk and that neither the site nor its creators are responsible for any loss or damage arising from reliance on the information.