The Gareth Cliff Show

#GCS 12.1.17 Pt2

News24's Editor Adriaan Basson voices his thoughts on the current news landscape and what he thinks lies ahead for Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. News gets very heated and intriguing when topics like controlling freedom of speech and golden showers are brought to the table.

12 Jan 2017 12AM 59 min

#GCS 12.1.17 Pt1

The team give their take on President-Elect Trump going off on Buzzfeed and the lack of integrity in news live at his press conference. More nostalgic “back to school” memories get discussed. Gareth has a quick look at the top ten biggest songs of 2016 before Mabale, Ben and Anthea…

11 Jan 2017 11PM 1 hour

#GCS 11.1.17 Pt3

If you know South African radio, you know Jeremy Mansfield. This larger than life character has always been so much more than a radio personality though, as Gareth proves by journeying through his colourful life and times in a not-to-be-missed interview. Mansfield is a man with no regrets, and is…

11 Jan 2017 1AM 54 min

#GCS 11.1.17 Pt2

The team get nostalgic around kids going back to school today after the summer holidays. If/when Nkosozana Dlamini-Zuma becomes president of South Africa, what challenges await her? Graeme Smith's ex-wife was detained recently for not having a visa, school uniforms, execution options and some sports shorts from Ben. Thulane Hadebe…

11 Jan 2017 12AM 53 min

#GCS 11.1.17 Pt1

Barack Obama's days in office are almost up, and Gareth reflects again on how much he likes the guy and what he has done as President of the United States. He plays some of his latest speech, which gets very interesting as the audience gets rather vocal. That shouty English…

10 Jan 2017 11PM 57 min

#GCS 10.1.17 Pt3

Former mayor of the City of Johannesburg, but still very much involved in the inner workings of South African society, Parks Tau is a very dynamic individual. Gareth talks to him about what goes into running a major municipality, what lies ahead for him in the future, and what makes…

10 Jan 2017 1AM 1 hr 02 min

#GCS 10.1.17 Pt2

Gareth chats to techie guy Liron Segev who is at CES 2017, the global consumer electronics and consumer technology trade show. The Meryl Streep thing is really kicking off with The Donald reacting just like The Donald. Gareth then chats to Ryan Botha about his heroic act that saved a…

10 Jan 2017 12AM 50 min

#GCS 10.1.17 Pt1

It didn't take long in 2017 for Gareth to oversleep so Ben and Mabz start the show, with Siya. The new President of Ghana goes full Melania Trump, criminals are getting dumber in South Africa, matric students are getting a second chance, FIFA want to make a fresh billion from…

9 Jan 2017 11PM 40 min

#GCS 9.1.17 Pt3

Cobus Rossouw is Gareth's first in-studio guest for 2017, and provides a philosophical start for you. Personal advisor, invisible sidekick and professional wingman, Cobus quite simply helps people. He does so from a logical platform, and has a belief system that he feels many can take on and thrive with…

9 Jan 2017 1AM 44 min

#GCS 9.1.17 Pt2

Your first surprise for 2017 comes in the form of an old face to the studio. The team talks about their New Year celebrations, holiday happenings, then Gareth recaps on some of the sad high-profile deaths of late 2016, with tributes to Carrie Fisher and George Michael. Rich Mulholland drops…

9 Jan 2017 12AM 56 min

#GCS 9.1.17 Pt1

The team is back and raring to go. Gareth talks of a few tweaks coming to the show, Flax's new life path, a touching email from a listener and Casey Kasem's latest corpse countdown. 2016 sure was a big year for Porn Hub, so the team fondles with their stats…

8 Jan 2017 11PM 1 hr 08 min

#GCS 23.12.16 Pt3

Gareth chats to Sipho Masigo, who has been in the political space for 10 years, having served as an ANC councillor in the City of Johannesburg. He is now a media consultant for the ANC Joburg region where he manages the ANC's social media. Model Lee-Ann Roberts then pops in…

23 Dec 2016 1AM 49 min

#GCS 23.12.16 Pt2

The only other day bigger than Christmas is New Year's Eve, and nobody works harder at this time than doctors on call. Dr Jonathan Witt talks to Gareth about some of the horrors they deal with on NYE.

23 Dec 2016 12AM 51 min

#GCS 23.12.16 Pt1

It's the final show for 2016! Mabale has a step by step guide to decompress from social media for a couple of weeks. How's the team's last minute Christmas shopping preparations going? And will the markets close on a positive or in the red? Anthea Gardner brings you the last…

22 Dec 2016 11PM 47 min

#GCS 22.12.16 Pt3

Jerome 'Slim' Du Plooy - radio and TV personality, actor, philanthropist, and public speaker takes us through how the Kliptown Youth Centre birthed his love for performance arts, his 11 year involvement with the NBA association... and he talks about the difficulty of losing his mom in 2016.

22 Dec 2016 1AM 42 min

#GCS 22.12.16 Pt2

In the news; a prison raid in one of South Africa's prisons sees big confiscations, including a lottery ticket worth R7000, a YouTuber documents being kicked off a Delta flight for speaking Arabic... and find out how much it would cost Santa Clause to deliver Christmas presents to children around…

22 Dec 2016 12AM 44 min

#GCS 22.12.16 Pt1

It's the second last show for the year which means Gareth is in a particularly playful mood. Find out how the team is preparing for Christmas - from Gareth taking his dog Carl into the dog parlour for grooming, to Mabale spring cleaning her townhouse in preparation for her mom's…

21 Dec 2016 11PM 59 min

GCS 21.12.16 Pt3

The road to unrestricted radio is filled with many interesting stories. One of the latest converts is Sammy Sosa, a Touch Central show host who has had a distinguished career in the entertainment industry. Gareth and her talk life and the challenges in getting to where she is right now,…

21 Dec 2016 1AM 55 min

GCS 21.12.16 Pt2

The team have a go at singing some 'alternative' Christmas songs, which goes exactly how you would expect. Laughable pastors talking in tongues, the aftermath of the Berlin tragedy, flaming Kugas, the waiter who got fired for writing 'two blacks' on a slip, and the pointlessness of 'woke twitter'.

21 Dec 2016 12AM 46 min

#GCS 21.12.16 Pt1

In the aftermath of the latest dreadful terror attacks in Europe, Gareth goes off on a tangent around islam, bad religious ideas, and how there is simply no place for them in modern society. Lady Gaga sings to Mexican children and earthquakes are coming to Democrats in America. Yup, the…

20 Dec 2016 11PM 48 min