SAFLIIThis is a free access to law database –and it contains documents from many

different courts and tribunals. It is a very valuable resource and easy to use!

Topic search for materials

Simply type in your topic search into the search box - use your search operators eg. AND, OR, NOT and “ “ for phrases

Your results will come up in terms of relevance to your keywords. The percentage number behind each items indicates how relevant it is to your topic

If you want to look for specific types eg. Cases, use the ‘by databases’ tab and it will show you how many documents in each courtClick on the document number to open the list

Using the advanced search to select specific databases

Select ‘advanced search’ below the search box – here you can select your specific court or database to search in

The search results come up in the same way

Browsing SAFLII by source

You can browse what SAFLII has by selecting ‘South Africa’ and then selecting the database you want to browse

Once in your database, browse by year or title

Using LawCite to track case treatment

Select LawCite on the case you want to viewAlternatively go to LawCite.org and search for the case there

It shows all the cases that have referred to this case – not only in South Africa, but also elsewhere that has a Legal Information Institute – you can click on each heading to arrange the results by that heading