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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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5,940 Episodes
4548 – 4568

#GCS 15.06.16 Pt1

Is Penny Sparrow really that interesting? Should this woman really have received the attention of the nation like she did? Gareth explores these questions after she finally gave an interview to the press.
15 Jun 2016 12AM 52 min

#GCS 14.6.16 Pt3

Gareth talks to Catherine Constantinides about being selected as a Mandela Washington Fellow and her latest projects. Then, co-founder and director of rugby at the Connect Sports Academy, Murray Ingram tells the team how he's creating great success stories.
14 Jun 2016 2AM 44 min

#GCS 14.06.16 Pt2

Your children will turn on you. When you consider the current headlines making the news, that's a fair statement. Mabale has the latest on some juicy stories for you, as well a stupid reality show that is coming to South Africa.
14 Jun 2016 1AM 1 hr 02 min

#GCS 14.06.16 Pt1

The team forgot Mabale's birthday, and Henri van Breda, the axe murdering youth from a golf estate in Stellenbosch, turns himself in. When the show starts like that, you just know things are going to get colourful.
14 Jun 2016 12AM 51 min

#GCS 13.6.16 Pt3

Advances in modern medicine have made us all look at life a little differently. None more so than Siobhan Scallan, someone who received a lung transplant last year, and is thriving as a result. Gillian Walker from the Organ Donor Foundation joins her, and together they tell a very interesting…
13 Jun 2016 2AM 29 min

#GCS 13.06.16 Pt2

The Orlando shooting is just another tragedy that has gripped the world. Gareth unpacks all the factors at play here, and the questions we should be asking about it. Thankfully the brilliance of Billy Crystal lightens the mood from here.
13 Jun 2016 1AM 1 hr 10 min

#GCS 13.06.16 Pt1

In what was arguably the saddest weekend of 2016 for various reasons, the team do their best to pick up the pieces. It's a tough job, but if anyone can do it, it is them.
13 Jun 2016 12AM 1 hr 01 min

#GCS 10.06.16 Part 3

Been around the block and back again. Something you can definitely say when talking about John Matisonn. Veteran journalist and editor, John has an intimate knowledge of South Africa's political past, and through his new book, 'God, Spies and Lies', reveals some incredible stories.
10 Jun 2016 2AM 53 min

#GCS 10.06.16 Pt2

The team are trying something different to give you everything you need to know heading into the weekend. Naturally these good intentions get led astray, but in a very good way.
10 Jun 2016 1AM 58 min

#GCS 10.06.16 Pt1

Well done, you have made it to Friday! As a treat you get a special game from Michael, a better understanding about Zika from Ben, and an insight into how airtime is bought in Sudan from Anthea.
10 Jun 2016 12AM 47 min

#GCS 9.06.16 Pt3

People say Michael Jackson lives through his music. Forget that though, he is alive right here in the form of Robin Parsons! Robin is a Michael Jackson impersonator/performer, and the man behind 'Forever Jackson', a live show touring South Africa right now. Then Gareth chats to some other guy, a…
9 Jun 2016 2AM 1 hr 03 min

#GCS 9.06.16 Pt2

Politics. There is a lot of it in South Africa, and the best person to cover it all is Justice Malala on The Burning Platform, brought to you by Nando's. Lots of money making the news this week, we might not be getting any, but those in the political game…
9 Jun 2016 1AM 37 min

#GCS 9.06.16 Pt1

Gareth and Mabale reminisce over SABC days, as the institution continues to grab the headlines over Hlaudi Motsoeneng and his dictatorial ways. How far can this guy go, and is general stupidity in society the no.1 threat to a better life as he knows it?
9 Jun 2016 12AM 55 min

#GCS 8.06.16 Pt3

CliffCentral is all about interesting people and interesting conversations. From putting together the perfect weddings, to uncovering the truth behind Nazi art theft, Gareth's interviews here are truly unmissable.
8 Jun 2016 2AM 50 min

#GCS 8.06.16 Pt2

The thing about the news on The Gareth Cliff Show is that it isn't actually news. It's more like being beaten with a wet newspaper, even though you've done nothing wrong. As rough as it sounds though, the info you come away with is certainly worth it, so brace yourself…
8 Jun 2016 1AM 50 min

#GCS 8.06.16 Pt1

Does anyone ever really know what's going on in Game of Thrones? We have been watching it for years, the world is mostly obsessed with it, but it is still a mystery all things considered. Is this what makes people watch it more?
8 Jun 2016 12AM 57 min

#GCS 7.06.16 Pt3

The future is brighter than we often think in Africa. Forbes knows this, and recently showcased 30 incredible individuals under the age of 30 making waves on the continent. Mogau Seshoene and Siya Beyile, two from the elite group that are South African, chat to Gareth about their lives and…
7 Jun 2016 2AM 48 min

#GCS 7.06.16 Pt2

Mabale Moloi is a special individual. She doesn't just do the news on the show, she opens you up to a world worth knowing about. Then as it is Tuesday, Ben makes you question humanity in a whole new way with his 'Dickheads of History' feature.
7 Jun 2016 1AM 1 hr 01 min

#GCS 7.06.16 Pt1

What are humans going to do in the future? It's a question worth considering as robots get more jobs, while countries get more people. Will we roam the streets like dogs, or is there a place for everyone going forward?
7 Jun 2016 12AM 48 min

#GCS 6.06.16 Pt3

The real world out there is a pretty scary place - something that Gareth and team find out in no uncertain way when Steve Hart comes into studio. With a bio that Gareth finds hard to believe, the ensuing interview gets the message line buzzing.
6 Jun 2016 2AM 43 min
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