The Gareth Cliff Show

UnCancelled brings you another thought-provoking conversation, this time featuring Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng. In this episode, she sits down with Gareth Cliff and Phumi Mashigo to share her thoughts on higher education in South Africa, and discuss the controversy around her split with UCT. As a respected academic who is unapologetic about setting out to make education fashionable, Prof Phakeng holds nothing back in this discussion...

17.04.23 Pt 2 - Gareth calls Leigh-Ann’s uncle Mike, after not being able to get hold of her during the first hour of the show. Mum-z finds Leigh-Ann’s story of a woman staying in a cave for 500 days ridiculous - even though he was trapped in Russia for 2 years during Covid! What was your favourite office prank? The team discuss an employee’s prank on her manager, convincing the whole company he had a fear of microwaves.

17.04.23 Pt 1 - Gareth, Ryan and South African comedian Mum-z discuss Eskom’s latest update about stage 6 loadshedding. What’s the worst place to get a tattoo? Gareth spoke to a tattoo artist over the weekend, and discovered their biggest fear. Dr Hanan joins the conversation and delves into Stockholm Syndrome.

14.04.23 Pt 2 - Do you think there is such a thing as good looking feet? Simphiwe asks the team if they would pay money for someone to cuddle them for 90 minutes. George Mienie joins to discuss an email sent in from a listener, and also describes his week-long technology cleanse.

14.04.23 Pt 1 - Gareth and Producer Ryan discuss Glynnis Breytenbach, and compare her to some of their high school teachers. Ben and Gareth discuss an amazing Diego Maradona Twitter thread that Ben discovered. The team discuss how G4S should handle criminals, and Gareth wants a ‘fight to the death’ sport.

13.04.23 Pt 2 - Raf Gangat joins The Burning Platform from Jerusalem this week to discuss the state of politics around the world - bringing some essential insight into both sides of the story. Kanthan has a new suspicion growing about state capture, which grabs the attention of both Gareth and Phumi. Is Israel similar to South Africa in the sense of a lot of political talk, but a no show at the ballots?

13.04.23 Pt 1 - Gareth and Phumi cover a range of topics making headlines this week, including Glynnis Breytenbach grilling G4S, Elon Musk destroying a BBC journalist… and in a continuance of the Kuningi files, Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha - who have just landed back in the country. And have you noticed any other scrap metal disappearing off our power lines?

12.04.23 Pt 2 - British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore joins Gareth in studio for a proper history geek out session. They fantasize about which moment in time they would each go back to, and discuss the process of writing history in the modern age in an effort to understand the relevance of events unfolding before our eyes.

12.04.23 Pt 1 - Ryan encountered some ‘Luh Twizzy’ action over the weekend, and the team discuss South Africa’s way forward with this problem. Mash has a solution for Lebang’s family Tupperware issue… and Gareth has found a new favourite local celeb!

11.04.23 Pt 2 - Gareth and Lebang discuss dating in the future with advanced AI. Candice Chirwa is the Minister of Menstruation, and she joins the show to educate us about ‘Period Poverty’, stigma and more!