Gareth's Guests

Straight up interviews from The Gareth Cliff Show on CliffCentral.com - without any interruptions.
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1,444 Episodes
1092 – 1112

Nonhle Thema

Nonhle Thema has settled down considerably with no Twitter meltdowns recently. Starting off working as a shop assistant, Nonhle entered every beauty contest she could, and it led to other avenues. Hear all about her life in this interview on The Gareth Cliff Show.
20 Jul 2015 2AM 53 min

Graeme Joffe

Gareth Cliff speaks to sports journalist Graeme Joffe who's in exile in the United States, after death threats. Graeme's harrowing story reveals mass shameless corruption in South African sport.
20 Jul 2015 1AM 18 min

Anna Marie Song (Doula)

Gareth Cliff and the team immerse themselves in amniotic fluid, and get to know all about home-birthing. It's all about 'hypno-birthing', and freeing yourself from "the confines of purely medical interventions". It can be a very empowering and special experience, with minimal health risks.
17 Jul 2015 2AM 38 min

Dr Ross Tucker

What does Dr Ross Tucker think of Chris Froome's performance at the Tour de France? Ross is a Professor in Exercise Physiology and he is very sceptical that it's all natural.
16 Jul 2015 1AM 9 min

Waldimar Pelser (Rapport Editor)

Rapport Editor Waldimar Pelser has broken away from the staid and stuffy Naspers of the past. Waldimar shares his journey from editing his school newspaper, to his Rhodes Scholarship, up to this new and exciting challenge at Rapport.
15 Jul 2015 2AM 48 min

Minister Lindiwe Zulu

Minister of Small Business Development Lindiwe Zulu has lived through it all. Coming from a broken home, and being brought up by her grandmother. Life got even more complicated with two children in her teens. Then 1976 came about, joining The Struggle, moving to Tanzania, and then Russia.
14 Jul 2015 2AM 54 min

Garth Taylor

Garth Taylor knows how to kill a person, but he's primarily a singer/songwriter. Garth has very good reason to support abused children and women, as he comes from that very same traumatic background. Garth has taken a break lately with his sister passing away, but he's starting to make a…
13 Jul 2015 2AM 50 min

Anthea Gardner - The Money Shot

Don't miss Anthea Gardner's Money Shot. There's the SA Market update. What did Germany suggest Greece should do? Chinese regulators are up to something. And the recently former MTN CEO Ahmad Farouk has moved on to another telecoms company. And what's happening with Stellar Capital?
13 Jul 2015 1AM 16 min

Francois van Coke

Francois van Coke of Bellville has made Afrikaans music more mainstream, poking fun at the conservative elements. Francois's parents almost admit that they're proud of him.
10 Jul 2015 2AM 29 min

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson (not the dead one), is really looking forward to his new show on CliffCentral starting next week. Michael can talk about anything, because he's MC'd over 2500 conferences in the last 15 years. Michael even gets stuck into a chicken lecture, really fascinating.
10 Jul 2015 1AM 27 min

Dr John Demartini

Dr John Demartini is back in South Africa, inspiring and lifting us up. Everything John was told he could not do when he was growing up, he is doing prolifically and at a very high level. We catch up more with our special suprise guest, Leigh-Ann Mol. What a country…
8 Jul 2015 2AM 33 min

Ndaba Mandela

Do you know much about Ndaba Mandela? One of the grandsons of Nelson Mandela who has had a very unusual upbringing; changing schools, literally his name, and homes numerous times in his formative years.
7 Jul 2015 2AM 35 min

Greg Mills

Expert on international affairs, Dr Greg Mills has written another book; 'How SA Works - and Must do Better'. Greg has been all over the world, consulting for governments, from Afghanistan to Rwanda. How is South Africa doing since 1994? Greg outlines all the areas that can really make South…
6 Jul 2015 2AM 43 min

Reality Check with Rich Mulholland - Keep Calm & Laugh It Off

Do people use political correctness in the wrong way to fight real issues? What power do symbols like the old SA flag really have? Rich Mulholland thinks we need to learn to laugh it off once in a while and stop taking everything so seriously.
6 Jul 2015 2AM 11 min

Anthea Gardner - The Money Shot

On The Money Shot, Anthea Gardner reports that Greece is on the brink of leaving the Euro. What are the implications? What's happening in China? And what stock should you buy this week?
6 Jul 2015 1AM 13 min

Joni Peddie (Enneagram Institute)

Joni Peddie is the founding member of The Enneagram Institute JHB which specialises in demystifying the personality and human behavioural traits that define us all. She uses her expertise to analyse Gareth and the team, and sheds some light on who they all are as people - both good and…
3 Jul 2015 2AM 58 min

Brent Lindeque

Brent Lindeque pops in. Brent tells us all about his CNN exposé . This Rak Nomination project has got so big, the CNN cameraman Robert especially came through from Atlanta. Gareth also gets a chance to chat briefly with Robert.
1 Jul 2015 2AM 17 min

Thembela Hillie

How does a child from Butterworth become Professor Thembela Hillie, the Chairman of Nanotechnology at the CSIR? How far has nanotechnology come so far? Will we ever be able to live forever?
30 Jun 2015 2AM 52 min

Hazel Feldman

Hazel Feldman started off as a journalist, and then landed up bringing in the biggest musical stars, and productions to South Africa, and is still doing so. Hazel has great stories including the genesis of Sun City. Some of the stars who came, include Frank Sinatra, Liza Manelli and Julio…
29 Jun 2015 2AM 54 min
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