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The Laws of Life

The Laws of Life with Garry Hertzberg is a legal show presented in an entirely fresh format. It's labelled 'Reality Law' as Garry interviews people who have lived through or experienced something incredible. At the same time their stories highlight how the legal implications can be used to serve you. Guests share intimate and often harrowing experiences and human tragedy and triumph are addressed. The format is exciting and energetic and the practical aspects of law are relayed with reference to real life situations.
Weekly English South Africa Society & Culture
290 Episodes
252 – 272

Laws of Life 24.03.15

Do you feel that you’ve been treated unfairly by a bank, cell phone provider, retail store, micro lender, or any credit provider, but you’re unsure of your rights? Are you been hounded by debt collectors for an old gym contract or other unlawful debt? Is the interest and legal fees…
24 Mar 2015 58 min

Laws of Life 17.03.15

Statistics show that one in six men has been sexually molested or raped as a child. On this edition of The Laws of Life, Garry and Kate speak with three men who have all been through traumatic sexual abuse. All three have fought back, and are now helping other survivors…
17 Mar 2015 57 min

Laws of Life 10.03.15

After an invitation by the Presidency for people to send suggestions for the State of the Nation Address, the request for dagga to be legalised made up the majority of the recommendations. Julian Stobbs and Myrtle Clark (The Dagga Couple) join the show, discussing how they are challenging the constitutionality…
10 Mar 2015 59 min

Laws of Life 03.03.15

"Informal waste collectors" are the trolley pushers on the roads with heaps of garbage. Often times they are abused by drivers and many have been killed after being knocked down. We debate if they are a menace that should be removed, or if they have an important function in recycling…
3 Mar 2015 59 min

Laws of Life 24.02.15

It’s “Reality Law” as Garry interviews people who have lived through or experienced something incredible. At the same time their stories highlight how the legal implications can be used to serve you.
24 Feb 2015 56 min

Laws of Life 17.02.15

In most countries, if a citizen is arrested abroad, they can be transferred to a prison in their own country to serve part of their sentence. South Africa is one of the few countries that does not have Prison Exchange Agreements. We talk to people and family members who have…
17 Feb 2015 57 min

Laws of Life 10.02.15

Shrein Dewani was acquitted of murdering his wife without being required to give evidence. However, Dewani may be publicly cross-examined about Annie's killing after a British coroner revealed he is planning an inquest into her death. Therefore the team explore the inquest procedure and whether this could help bring Dewani…
10 Feb 2015 56 min

Laws of Life 03.02.15

The team discuss helicopter, free range and tiger parents. We also find out just how difficult it is for schools to recover school fees; can they take your house, or get a garnishee order on your salary? Also can a kid be booted out of a school if his/her parents…
3 Feb 2015 56 min

Laws of Life 27.01.15

The team is following in the Proteas' example and wearing pink. Two breast cancer survivors, Dale Ten Hope and Leslie - Ann Bennet come into studio to honour the many women who have fought this disease. And they chat to the law team about prioritising the importance of self examination…
27 Jan 2015 56 min

Laws of Life 20.01.15

Who owns the intellectual property rights to your work when you are employed? With many people working from home nowadays, the law team discuss what you can deduct on your tax return for home office expenses. They also tackle legal costs and whether or not lawyers can defend a client…
20 Jan 2015 57 min

Laws of Life 13.01.15

South Africa has a huge teen pregnancy problem - one in three girls has had a baby by the age of 20. The team chats to schoolgirl Katlego from Soweto about the issue of sugar daddies. Amanda Blankfield-Koseff, founder and CEO of Empowervate tells us how we can eradicate this…
13 Jan 2015 57 min

Laws of Life 16.12.14

The place we spend most of our time at is work. So, are you happy there? The team is joined by Etienne du Plessis, an embalmer from Martin's Funerals; Pam Gishan, a chocolate taster; Hayley Founteine who's a hearing-impaired skincare therapist and comedian Alyn Adams. They tell us about their…
16 Dec 2014 53 min

Laws of Life 09.12.14

A year and a half ago Garry met Christopher Naku, a beggar whose dream it was to become a gospel singer. Since Garry made it his mission to help, Christopher has performed on “It's Gospel Time” and has recorded two songs. Today we speak with Christopher and see how his…
9 Dec 2014 53 min

Laws of Life 02.12.14

Plea bargaining is relatively new in South African law having being introduced in 2001. In the U.S.A., 85 - 95 % of all cases are disposed of through guilty pleas, mostly as a result of negotiations and plea bargains. Today the law team and guests, Thea Smit from SPCA Virginia…
2 Dec 2014 55 min

Laws of Life 25.11.14

Property owner Thorsten Weiss has been trying to tackle his tenant for rent but has had no success. Elize Le Roux, a property litigation, evictions and rental recoveries lawyer from SSLR, joins the legal team to tell us about the terms, conditions and processes involved in getting your bad tenant…
25 Nov 2014 58 min

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LegalWise is turning 30 this month! Chris Faulkner from LegalWise and his team join the Laws of Life team to tell us about this milestone. Today's show focuses on reconciliation and forgiveness as an alternative to traditional punishment. It’s about the restorative justice process. It promotes healing and restitution, forgiveness…
18 Nov 2014 54 min

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Today the Laws of Life team are joined by Marius Van Rensburg a property law partner at Schindlers, and Graem May of Aramex and they're discussing the legal issues around the purchase and sale of residential properties. If you buy a house VOETSTOOTS and find the roof is leaking or…
11 Nov 2014 56 min

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Counterfeiting or the knockoff goods industry is one of the fastest growing economic crimes of modern times. It is a highly sophisticated network of organized crime, worth an estimated 600 billion US Dollars. On today’s show the Laws of Life team are joined by Dr Andrew Dickson and Mohamed Kader…
4 Nov 2014 56 min

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Today we introduce a new slot about your community legal issues with Megan McLean of the Caxton Group who represents the “Voice of the Community”. Then Garry and Kate talk to Jess, who went all the way to Arizona to meet a man she met on an online dating site…
28 Oct 2014 56 min

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Today The Laws of Life team and their panel of guests focus on the new DNA Act in South Africa which came into effect earlier this year. They tell us how the new laws will regulate the taking of DNA, how DNA will be retained and stored, as well as…
21 Oct 2014 57 min
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