BY Nkosazana Ngwadla
There are a lot of apps that we can download that make our lives so much easier, and local South African, Keitumetsi Pule has co-founded another great one that you might want to download immediately.
Legal Standpoint is an award-winning, app-based legal tech startup which leverages digitalization to make legal resources more readily available to all South Africans. They serve both ordinary South Africans who wish to have a better understanding of the law and to access legal help more efficiently, as well as legal practitioners who wish to access a wider pool of clients and connect using their seamless, user-friendly platform.
Legal Standpoint was catalysed by the inaccessibility of the law in South Africa which can be attributed to a number of factors, namely jargon-loaded legal texts that render it difficult to engage with and understand the law, as well as legal services which tend to be priced exorbitantly and are, consequently, out of reach for a substantial number of South Africans. As such, Legal Standpoint leverages technology to make legal resources more readily available to South Africans.
Not only is she pioneering her business, but Keitumetsi is also giving back to the community through her non-profit organization, Tshwelopele le Katlego, which offers tutoring services to students.
Catalysed by the Covid-19 pandemic, it was established to bridge the gap in South Africa’s education system by levelling the playing field for students who do not have access to adequate academic support such as tutoring.
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