The Laws of Life

The Law of Residential Evictions

This is the 4th show in a series in which the Laws of Life team collaborates with LegalTalk SA, aiming at providing practical legal knowledge to the general public and answering some burning questions asked by regular South Africans. This week they discuss the law of evictions with guest attorney,…

27 Jun 2017 43 min

Online Dating Scams (Part 2)

The CEO of the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC), Kalyani Pillay, speaks to the team about online dating scams. There are thousands of online dating sites that provide the service of matching potential partners based on specific requirements. Unfortunately there are predators that prowl legitimate dating sites for…

27 Jun 2017 11 min

Family Law

This is the third show in a series in which the Laws of Life team collaborates with LegalTalk SA, aiming at providing practical legal knowledge to the general public and answering some burning questions asked by regular South Africans. This week they discuss family law with guest attorneys Maresa Kurz…

20 Jun 2017 46 min

Online Dating Scams (Part 1)

There are thousands of online dating sites that provide the service of matching potential partners based on specific requirements. Unfortunately there are predators that prowl legitimate dating sites for victims to scam. CEO of the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC), Kalyani Pillay, talks to the team about online…

20 Jun 2017 11 min

Property Law

This is our second show in a series in which we collaborate with LegalTalk SA, aiming at providing practical legal knowledge to the general public and answering some burning questions asked by regular South Africans. This week we discuss Property Law with guest Attorney Guillaume Earle.

13 Jun 2017 50 min

Laws of Life & LegalTalk SA: Your Legal Questions Answered

Garry teams up with Attorney Emile Myburgh in the first of a series of discussions aimed at providing practical legal knowledge to the general public, and answering some burning questions asked by regular South Africans. This week they tackle a bit of the Consumer Protection Act and where it can…

6 Jun 2017 56 min

The Meaning of Separation of Powers

“Who runs SA, the courts or executive?” - ANC banner. “The courts they must save us from this Zuma” - DA supporter. Garry talks to Dr Llewelyn Gray Curlewis, attorney at Pieterse & Curlewis Inc in Pretoria, about the separation of three main spheres of government... namely, Legislative, Executive and…

30 May 2017 21 min

The Bahá’í Faith

"The earth is but one country and mankind its citizen..." Garry is joined by Kwezi Fudu-Ceneda and Kully Ziphethe of The Baha’i Faith, the world’s newest independent global belief system which teaches the oneness of God, the unity of humanity and the essential harmony of religion. Bahá'ís can be found…

30 May 2017 25 min

Miracle Organ Transplants

Garry Hertzberg teams up with popular CliffCentral presenter - the Good News Guy, Brent Lindeque - to bring you stories of these medical triumphs and to raise awareness about organ donation in South Africa. In studio - Jacques Lambiotte, who has lived with a donor kidney for 30 years... as…

23 May 2017 57 min

Legal Odds & Ends

Garry Hertzberg is joined by Saul Smith of Attorneys Dewey Hertzberg Levy to talk about all sorts of odds and ends from the legal world.

16 May 2017 54 min

Birdwatching

Come to South Africa - one of the best countries for birdwatching in the world. In studio, Mark D. Anderson - CEO of BirdLife South Africa - talks about our country's magnificent birdlife and the recent and unique 5-day cruise along the Southern African continental shelf from Cape Town.

9 May 2017 24 min

Recent Rulings from our Labour Courts

Garry and Saul Smith of Attorneys Dewey Hertzberg Levy talk about some exciting developments from the Labour courts, including how an employee got 30 month’s salary awarded!

9 May 2017 29 min

Illegal Churches in Yeoville

The team chats to Tsepo Matubatuba, community leader in the Yeoville/Bellevue areas, which are adversely affected by illegal churches.

2 May 2017 23 min

Unpaid School Fees & Can you be Bumped off an Overbooked Flight?

A Family in Gauteng have had their lounge suite‚ microwave‚ bed headboards‚ printer and fridge (amongst other things) attached by a sheriff of the court because a father did not paid his daughter's school fees. Garry talks to Tim Gordon, National CEO of The Governing Body Foundation, on the rights…

2 May 2017 33 min

Denis Beckett

Lawyer turned writer, journalist, columnist and commentator - Denis Beckett is in studio with the team. Who can forget his long-running actuality TV series, ‘Beckett’s Trek’ - a South African favourite.

25 Apr 2017 27 min

14 years in prison for a murder they never committed

In studio, Samuel Khanye and Victor Moyo discuss how the Constitutional Court has just overturned their conviction. Joining them - Carolyn Raphaely of the Wits Justice Project and Human Rights Lawyer Egon Oswald.

18 Apr 2017 50 min

The Boy with Prader–Willi Syndrome

Prader–Willi Syndrome - is there a cure? The team talks to Gila Sacks who cares deeply for Caden, the boy with this rare genetic disorder.

11 Apr 2017 14 min

A Brutal Assault by the Cops

“I urinated blood because of an injury to my manhood.” A news photographer covering the Oscar Pistorius trial was brutally assaulted by the cops. In studio - Dumisani Sibeko on how he got his own back.

11 Apr 2017 35 min

The Life & Role of a Candidate Attorney

What you don’t learn in Law School... in studio Garry speaks to Nonsikelelo Shezi, Alude Xuba and Thokozani Mthalane.

4 Apr 2017 19 min

Sexual Abuse in Schools

“It is time to move from indignation to action. I was sexually abused by a trusted teacher and first team rugby coach when I was just 17.” Rees Mann of South African Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse tells his story... and contributing on the law, Advocate Tertius Wessels of Labour…

4 Apr 2017 33 min