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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
120 – 140

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

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

Crooked & Negligent Lawyers

Jan de Beer - Forensic Executive with the Attorneys Fidelity Fund - discusses crooked lawyers who steal Trust monies. Then, Thomas Harban - General Manager of the Attorneys Insurance Indemnity Fund - looks at lawyers who negligently botch your case.
28 Mar 2017 38 min

Hyde Park - 'The Heights'

Hyde Park High School celebrates their 60th anniversary with the musical 'The Heights'. In studio, Danielle Bentel - co-director and organiser of the show, Stefania Du Toit (co-director and choreographer), and student Sibusisiwe Mahlangu. The show opens on 3 May 2017 and ends on 6 May 2017.
14 Mar 2017 15 min

Divorce & Family Law

Attorney Garry Hertzberg, along with guest attorney Nuno Palmeira, discuss divorce, parental rights and obligations, money, property, maintenance, domestic violence, and all those thorny issues one faces with separation and divorce.
14 Mar 2017 39 min

Special Podcast: AWM Launch

The African Women's Movement is a pro-women, pro-success group of professionals who are motivated and passionate about women inclusiveness in the economy. Laws of Life researcher Benji Schaimberg attended the official launch of the movement and caught up with some of the 300 attendees to find out why they are…
10 Mar 2017 26 min

Stay at Home Dads

What’s it like to be a stay at home dad? More fathers are doing it. In studio, proud dads Cliff Becker, Deenin Padayachee and Michael Griffin.
7 Mar 2017 20 min

Fowl Play

What would you do if your neighbour’s crowing roosters and other fowl kept you awake? In studio are Anelle and Roger Hills, who took their neighbours to court.
7 Mar 2017 28 min

The Magic of Reading

Our children need to read! In studio, Chris Dykes of The Bookshelf Project, Nicci De Wet-Du Toit - Head of Operations for Field of Dreams Foundation, Martha Raholane - Principal at Laezonia Primary, Tadasi Hasanuma - South African Primary Education Support Initiative (Sapesi), and Shelley Arenson - Deputy Principal: Foundation…
28 Feb 2017 54 min
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