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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
260 – 280

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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Cable and metal theft costs South Africa an estimated R5 Billion per year. Today the Laws of Life team and guests discuss the implementation of the Second Hand Goods Act and how attempts are being made with the new laws to curb the scourge of cable theft.
14 Oct 2014 55 min

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The Laws of Life team and their panel of guests discuss the Mark Shuttleworth Supreme Court of Appeal judgement. Why he had to pay R250 million, could he contest it and other related legal issues,
7 Oct 2014 58 min

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As this Sunday is Grandparents's Day, the Laws of Life team focus on the important but often overlooked issue of grandparents and grandchildren not being allowed to see one another as a result of a family feud or divorce. What does the law say and what are your legal rights…
30 Sep 2014 56 min

The Laws of Life

Powered by LegalWise. What possible sentences could Judge Masipa hand down? And if Oscar Pistorius does get a jail term, will he be out in no time? How does parole work in our country? What civil claims do the Steenkamps have against Oscar? And we explore whether with our strong…
23 Sep 2014 57 min

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The law team have Simba Gozo in studio as they discuss hate speech and what the law says about it. Also in studio is Chantal Parkin a survivor of the 1985 Westdene dam tragedy. She along with the other survivors became the victims of hate speech based on their race…
16 Sep 2014 56 min

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Garry and Kate chat to an Organ Donor expert about what is really happening in the underground organ trade. They also discuss a few crazy news stories with Kim Hawkey. We discover why someone would want to buy a seal penis and why our lions are being targeted for their…
9 Sep 2014 58 min

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The Laws of Life team have a robbery victim in studio and they chat to hypnosis specialists about whether hypnosis can help in treating post traumatic stress, solving criminal cases or sticking to a diet.
2 Sep 2014 58 min

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The Laws of Life team and guests discuss how sexy an advert can be, and when it's offensive or discriminatory. Who gets the ring after a broken engagement? And what happens if you don't get the job in favour of someone with bigger boobs?
26 Aug 2014 57 min
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