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The Gareth Cliff Show

The Gareth Cliff Show is a leading, truly independent digital broadcast in South Africa, currently airing live on Fridays (formerly on The Real Network and CliffCentral), hosted by Gareth Cliff alongside regular and guest contributors. The aim is to entertain, inform, inspire and empower local and international audiences with powerful interviews, hot-takes on current affairs, talk about the things nobody else talks about and make people laugh, smile and think.

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#GCSLIVE |PUNCHLINES, POWER PLAYS, FREE GAS & STATE OF SA | NINA HASTIE | MZWANELE MANYI | JONATHAN WITT PART 3

PART 3: Dr Jonathan Witt joins the conversation as we tackle the issues shaping the country, challenge conventional thinking and ask the questions that matter. Plus, we're Giving It Gas with The Gas Company, rewarding the best contributions from our audience, alongside the usual mix of headlines, opinions and unpredictable…

16 Oct 5AM 1 hr 13 min

#GCSLIVE |PUNCHLINES, POWER PLAYS, FREE GAS & STATE OF SA | NINA HASTIE | MZWANELE MANYI | JONATHAN WITT PART 2

PART 2: We turn up the political heat with Mzwanele Manyi, talking power, politics and the state of South Africa. Plus, we're Giving It Gas with The Gas Company, rewarding the best contributions from our audience, alongside the usual mix of headlines, opinions and unpredictable moments. And while we're talking…

16 Oct 5AM 31 min

#GCSLIVE |PUNCHLINES, POWER PLAYS, FREE GAS & STATE OF SA | NINA HASTIE | MZWANELE MANYI | JONATHAN WITT PART 1

PART 1: Nina Hastie joins Gareth Cliff for a dose of sharp humour, punchlines and unfiltered conversation and weird stumpy fingernails. Plus, we're Giving It Gas with The Gas Company, rewarding the best contributions from our audience, alongside the usual mix of headlines, opinions and unpredictable moments. And while we're…

16 Oct 4AM 52 min

#GCSLIVE |PUNCHLINES, POWER PLAYS, FREE GAS & STATE OF SA | NINA HASTIE | MZWANELE MANYI | JONATHAN WITT

Nina Hastie joins Gareth Cliff for a dose of sharp humour, punchlines and unfiltered conversation and weird stumpy fingernails. Then we turn up the political heat with Mzwanele Manyi, talking power, politics and the state of South Africa. Dr Jonathan Witt joins the conversation as we tackle the issues shaping…

16 Oct 4AM 2 hr 36 min

#GCSLIVE | MARKETS| AI SCAMS|THE COMMENTS SECTION |STORIES FROM ASS & WHAT’S THEMBA ROBIN UP TO? PART 3

Part 3 In this show you get two hours on money, AI scams, the law and some of the strangest stories of the week. The lineup covered the markets, stablecoins, voice-cloning fraud, domestic worker rights and Themba Robin’s latest plans. Themba Robin closes the show with what he’s heading to…

9 Oct 5AM 1 hr 06 min

#GCSLIVE | MARKETS| AI SCAMS|THE COMMENTS SECTION |STORIES FROM ASS & WHAT’S THEMBA ROBIN UP TO? PART 2

Part 2 In this show you get two hours on money, AI scams, the law and some of the strangest stories of the week. The lineup covered the markets, stablecoins, voice-cloning fraud, domestic worker rights and Themba Robin’s latest plans. TD Markets trading educators Tshepo Makaodi and Ashley Reeve break…

9 Oct 5AM 38 min

#GCSLIVE | MARKETS| AI SCAMS|THE COMMENTS SECTION |STORIES FROM ASS & WHAT’S THEMBA ROBIN UP TO? PART 1

Part 1 In this show you get two hours on money, AI scams, the law and some of the strangest stories of the week. The lineup covered the markets, stablecoins, voice-cloning fraud, domestic worker rights and Themba Robin’s latest plans. ASS kicks off the morning with stories including Sweden’s “Introvert…

9 Oct 5AM 50 min

#GCSLIVE | MARKETS| AI SCAMS|THE COMMENTS SECTION |STORIES FROM ASS & WHAT’S THEMBA ROBIN UP TO?

In this show you get two hours on money, AI scams, the law and some of the strangest stories of the week. The lineup covered the markets, stablecoins, voice-cloning fraud, domestic worker rights and Themba Robin’s latest plans. ASS kicks off the morning with stories including Sweden’s “Introvert Travel Agency”,…

9 Oct 4AM 2 hr 35 min

#GCSLIVE | Penny Balfour: Bad People Come In Every Gender | Africa's First Micro-Drama App | Cohesion X

Gareth Cliff and Ben Karpinski dig into the latest in news and sport, including the bizarre story of Christa Pike, the woman who survived execution twice. Penny Balfour joins the show to tackle one of South Africa's hottest topics, GBV, and why bad people aren't confined to one gender. Andre…

2 Oct 7AM 2 hr 11 min

#GCSLIVE| AFTER THE BRAAI, BEFORE THE HANDSHAKE| MASH IS BACK| KANTHAN PILLAY JOINS THE CONVERSATION Part 2

Part 2 On today's Gareth Cliff Show, political commentator and Capitalist Party founder Kanthan Pillay joins Gareth for a wide-ranging conversation that moves from global politics to home turf — alternate views on South Africa's political landscape and what's really at stake as the country heads toward its local government…

25 Sep 4AM 1 hr 15 min

#GCSLIVE| AFTER THE BRAAI, BEFORE THE HANDSHAKE| MASH IS BACK| KANTHAN PILLAY JOINS THE CONVERSATION Part 1

Part 1 On today's Gareth Cliff Show, we catch up with Masheane "Mash" Sefuthi on life, love and the little things that matter — from saving hedgehogs and decluttering your space, to breaking old habits and the honest state of everyday life in South Africa right now. Honest, wide-ranging and…

25 Sep 4AM 1 hr 01 min

#GCSLIVE| AFTER THE BRAAI, BEFORE THE HANDSHAKE| MASH IS BACK| KANTHAN PILLAY JOINS THE CONVERSATION

On today's Gareth Cliff Show, we catch up with Masheane "Mash" Sefuthi on life, love and the little things that matter — from saving hedgehogs and decluttering your space, to breaking old habits and the honest state of everyday life in South Africa right now. Then political commentator and Capitalist…

25 Sep 4AM 2 hr 16 min

#GCSLIVE| SCAMMERS BEWARE! AND THE FIGHT FOR THE CAPITAL| LEIGH ANN AND CILLIERS BRINK

Gareth and Leigh Ann kick off with stories about Damon and Leigh Ann's first meeting with Sam Cowan — plus the comments section weighs in, as always. Then, Jarrett Booysen, founder of SEQFLO, joins the show to talk about how getting scammed out of thousands of rands led him to…

18 Sep 5AM 1 hr 50 min

#GCSLIVE| ISLAND LIFE, BABOONS & 91 YEARS OF STORIES| BEN’S BACK FROM PARADISE | WE CELEBRATE KATE TURKINGTON Part 2

Part 2 South African travel broadcasting legend Kate Turkington joins the show to celebrate her 92nd birthday — sharing a lifetime of stories about travel, men, dogs, and everything in between.

11 Sep 7AM 57 min

#GCSLIVE| ISLAND LIFE, BABOONS & 91 YEARS OF STORIES| BEN’S BACK FROM PARADISE | WE CELEBRATE KATE TURKINGTON Part 1

Part 1 Ben and Gareth kick off with travel talk about the world's most beautiful places — including Mauritius — before Ben gets hilariously specific about saving South Africa's baboons, sparking a comments section pile-on. Anine and Hanna join the conversation to challenge Gareth and the comments section on baboon…

11 Sep 7AM 1 hr 06 min

#GCSLIVE| ISLAND LIFE, BABOONS & 91 YEARS OF STORIES| BEN’S BACK FROM PARADISE | WE CELEBRATE KATE TURKINGTON

Ben and Gareth kick off with travel talk about the world's most beautiful places — including Mauritius — before Ben gets hilariously specific about saving South Africa's baboons, sparking a comments section pile-on. Anine and Hanna join the conversation to challenge Gareth and the comments section on baboon conservation, landing…

11 Sep 7AM 2 hr 04 min

Gareth Cliff & Gord Laws | Ayahuasca, Near-Death Stories & Fixing Democracy

Gareth tells Gord about the time he did ayahuasca, which naturally spirals into a full swap-meet of near-death experiences and "was that God or just my brain running out of oxygen" moments. Somewhere in there, Gord casually mentions he's sitting on a voting system that could fix democracy, as one…

8 Sep 6PM 2 hr 11 min

#GCSLIVE| FLYOVERS, PAYWALLS & TUPAC| GARETH FROM MALTA AND BEN FROM HIS COUCH Part 2

Gareth live from Malta with the incredible Team from Tourvest. We talk to a few of the Tourvest Team and all their exciting plans and what they have been doing in Malta And of course the comments section is on fire.

4 Sep 7AM 1 hr 03 min

#GCSLIVE| FLYOVERS, PAYWALLS & TUPAC| GARETH FROM MALTA AND BEN FROM HIS COUCH Part 1

Part 1 Gareth live from Malta with the incredible Team from Tourvest. He talks to Ben about Flyovers and why Fortune favours the Brave and the conversation gets interesting. And of course the comments section is on fire.

4 Sep 7AM 55 min

#GCSLIVE| FLYOVERS, PAYWALLS & TUPAC| GARETH FROM MALTA AND BEN FROM HIS COUCH

Gareth live from Malta with the incredible Team from Tourvest. He talks to Ben about Flyovers and why Fortune favours the Brave and the conversation gets interesting. We talk to a few of the Tourvest Team and all their exciting plans and what they have been doing in Malta And…

4 Sep 6AM 1 hr 58 min

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