The Gareth Cliff Show

#GCS 19.10.17 Pt1

Siya starts his day with absolute tragedy but is quickly picked up by the team who are as sympathetic as ever. Gay pride, Gareth has a DIY meltdown while trying to fix a drawer, a slight change to the podcast structure and Dudu Myeni finally given the boot. News headlines,…

19 Oct 2017 12AM 42 min

#GCS 18.10.17 Pt3

Malusi Gigaba got put in the hot seat by Richard Quest and it doesn't go well. SA musician Brickz is sentenced for raping his niece, and the actual moment is rather chilling. Sebonile Dube from Lifebuoy talks about the #High5ForHandWashing. America Ferrera and Reece Witherspoon sharing their Hollywood sexual harassment…

18 Oct 2017 1AM 54 min

#GCS 18.10.17 Pt2

Gareth brings you the 5 top news headlines of the morning, which centre around the latest cabinet reshuffle by President Jacob Zuma. Ben's sport gives you the latest from the world of football and the national anthem dramas in the USA, Siya puts a positive spin on the morning... then…

18 Oct 2017 12AM 29 min

#GCS 18.10.17 Pt1

Are you doing Ocsober? We all need to have some sort of radical cutback on the vices, but is it for attention or actual good? Ben goes for a sports massage and sees his life flash before his eyes. Gareth updates you on his weight loss, Ben gets ganged up…

18 Oct 2017 12AM 22 min

#GCS 17.10.17 Pt2

Henri van Breda doesn't care about the judge's tone in his trial, Ben has the 'story of the year', and France to ban cat calling. Gareth has some campus sexual assault stats from the US, the cost of the recent storm disaster in KZN, South Africa's 'word of the year',…

17 Oct 2017 1AM 58 min

#GCS 17.10.17 Pt1

Are you using water wisely regardless of rainfall? The team then talks rubbish to carry on an environmental start to the show. Dave sends in some special songs for Mabz, Ben is going for a sports massage - which gets the team talking about his strange physical injuries, then it's…

17 Oct 2017 12AM 45 min

#GCS 16.10.17 Pt2

Porn kingpin Larry Flynt is putting big cash on the line for people to find dirt on Donald Trump. Jacob Zuma and those famous charges are to be reinstated, but will he ever be prosecuted by his captured state? Lynne Brown is handing out tenders to her lovers, Uber is…

16 Oct 2017 1AM 45 min

#GCS 16.10.17 Pt1

Monday morning sees Ben look back on an eventful golf day that he MCed over the weekend. Gareth reports back on his humanitarian visit to Durban, Amanda has to sit through some Catholic things in church, people living the lit life on borrowed money, and lots of red meat talk…

16 Oct 2017 12AM 1 hr 01 min

#GCS 13.10.17 Pt3

Lucy Hawking is far more than just the daughter of Stephen Hawking - she's an accomplished English journalist, novelist, educator, and philanthropist. As she tours South Africa as part of her 'Once Upon a Time in the Universe' talk at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre, she talks to Gareth about her…

13 Oct 2017 2AM 29 min

#GCS 13.10.17 Pt2

That strange murder at Spier gets closer to being resolved, Cape Town's water crises moves to a new avenue of potential disaster, and Fikile Mbalula is now creating PR opportunities around the arrests of innocent people. More and more people coming forward about creepy powerful men in Hollywood, but the…

13 Oct 2017 1AM 59 min

#GCS 13.10.17 Pt1

The feisty Friday gets underway with some women revealing how creepy Harvey Weinstein is. Are you getting all the CliffCentral you need? Well Gareth tells you how you can, before Siya talks about superstition on Friday the 13th and more on Fikile Mbalula's worries. Mabz gives you your news headlines,…

13 Oct 2017 12AM 49 min

#GCS 12.10.17 Pt2

Never fear when Justice is near… especially when he is armed with the latest political news. Gareth offers advice to a listener who's sent an e-mail in. What does anyone get from following Andile Mngxitama on Twitter? The team gets to find out by reading some of his tweets. Then,…

12 Oct 2017 1AM 56 min

#GCS 12.10.17 Pt1

Gareth dishes all about the fancy dinner he attended last night with former Minister of Finance Nhlanhla Nene. Get all the information for your day with Mabale in the 'Five Things You Need To Know'... which is also awkwardly when the team realise that Ben isn't around. 'Said By Siya'…

12 Oct 2017 12AM 52 min

#GCS 11.10.17 Pt3

Gareth reads out the e-mail Harvey Weinstein sent out to the people in his company who he hopes will support him in the midst of the sexual assault allegations. What happens at Oppikoppi, stays at Oppikoppi - except Siya getting married there. Then, Gord and Gareth have a self-confessed 'nerdgasm'…

11 Oct 2017 2AM 41 min

#GCS 11.10.17 Pt2

Many actresses and people within the entertainment industry have recently been accusing producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault and misconduct. The team shares their views around this, as well as a caller who worked in Hollywood and experienced similar situations. Mabale has the latest on Minister Mbalula's trip to Dubai…

11 Oct 2017 1AM 1 hr 06 min

#GCS 11.10.17 Pt1

If Joburg thought it had it tough with storms this week, well they had nothing on Durban. The heavens (and hells) opened up on them which gets Gord talking about what this all means to flat earthers. Gareth gets 'offensive' again on Instagram, Gord's weekly pontification is back in full…

11 Oct 2017 12AM 53 min

#GCS 10.10.17 Pt3

Multi-talented media powerhouse Penny Lebyane lays it all down in this interview on her life, her passions and what still keeps her fire burning. She details how she got her start in broadcasting, dealing with diversity and all that her hometown, Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga, taught her... as well as how…

10 Oct 2017 2AM 50 min

#GCS 10.10.17 Pt2

The horror fallout of the mentally disabled patients that died in Gauteng while being transported to an incapable care centre is back. Henri van Breda is running out of money to keep his trial going, Opera 2022 could be a thing, what kills Americans the most, and the new Star…

10 Oct 2017 1AM 1 hr 09 min

#GCS 10.10.17 Pt1

As the year comes to a frenetic end, there is much to contemplate. Toxicity of online conversations, the horror storm that ripped through Johannesburg yesterday and government finding new trivial ways to steal more money from the South African public. Mabz hammers home the headlines from there, Ben throws around…

10 Oct 2017 12AM 45 min

#GCS 9.10.17 Pt2

Dreams do come true, and Mabz is living proof of this. She got to spend some time with her celebrity crush Common over the weekend. She reveals all from the meeting, but the story takes a rather unfortunate twist. Fikile Mbalula now linked to a dodgy Dubai trip, Russell Brand…

9 Oct 2017 1AM 51 min