Lawyers being attacked by disgruntled legal aid clients because of a lack of security and monstrous workloads are just two of their grievances.
The wheels of justice could grind to a halt countrywide if a brewing national strike at Legal Aid SA is not averted, and workers’ grievances regarding a lack of security at their offices, debilitating workloads and bullying are not addressed.
The agency yesterday confirmed that chief executive officer Vidhu Vedalankar will accept a memorandum of grievances from the workers, with timeframes for a response. Michael Motaung, one of the agency’s lawyers at the forefront of the action, said with 80% of accused in all cases before courts defended by the agency, no court will operate during the strike.People the lawyers have represented who lost could not just walk into their offices and attack them to vent their anger.
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