The Gareth Cliff Show

PART 2: We turn up the political heat with Mzwanele Manyi, talking power, politics and the state of South Africa. Plus, we're Giving It Gas with The Gas Company, rewarding the best contributions from our audience, alongside the usual mix of headlines, opinions and unpredictable moments. And while we're talking money, don't forget to check out TD Markets if you're looking to get smarter about the markets, understand forex and crypto, and learn how the world of trading works. Through the TD Markets Academy, they're helping South Africans build their financial knowledge and make more informed decisions. And while we're talking money, don't forget to check out TD Markets if you're looking to get smarter about the markets, understand forex and crypto, and learn how the world of trading works. Through the TD Markets Academy, they're helping South Africans build their financial knowledge and make more informed decisions. TD Markets — Built in Africa. Connected to the World. The Gareth Cliff Show — unfiltered conversations, interesting people and absolutely no sacred cows. #GCSLIVE #GarethCliffShow #GarethCliff #NinaHastie #MzwaneleManyi #JonathanWitt #SouthAfricanPolitics #SouthAfrica #CurrentAffairs #Comedy

Nina Hastie joins Gareth Cliff for a dose of sharp humour, punchlines and unfiltered conversation and weird stumpy fingernails. Then we turn up the political heat with Mzwanele Manyi, talking power, politics and the state of South Africa. Dr Jonathan Witt joins the conversation as we tackle the issues shaping the country, challenge conventional thinking and ask the questions that matter. Plus, we're Giving It Gas with The Gas Company, rewarding the best contributions from our audience, alongside the usual mix of headlines, opinions and unpredictable moments. And while we're talking money, don't forget to check out TD Markets if you're looking to get smarter about the markets, understand forex and crypto, and learn how the world of trading works. Through the TD Markets Academy, they're helping South Africans build their financial knowledge and make more informed decisions. And while we're talking money, don't forget to check out TD Markets if you're looking to get smarter about the markets, understand forex and crypto, and learn how the world of trading works. Through the TD Markets Academy, they're helping South Africans build their financial knowledge and make more informed decisions. TD Markets — Built in Africa. Connected to the World. And Part 2 of our Conversations with the Team at CohesionX, AI Farmer: Putting an Agricultural Expert in Every Farmer’s Pocket | South Africa has roughly one agricultural extension officer for every 2,500 farmers. Francois Rossouw, CEO of the Southern Africa Agricultural Initiative (SAAI), explains how AI Farmer closes that gap. It’s a conversational AI advisor built with CohesionX and trained on 8,500 agricultural subcategories. Farmers can speak to it in their own language about livestock disease, pests, irrigation and product application. In one case it traced a goat die-off in the Eastern Cape to a poisoned water source, after two 1,800 km vet trips had failed to find the cause. Recorded at the CohesionX offices in Pretoria, the conversation also covers why so many AI projects get abandoned, why Francois gives any new AI project three months to show value, and how SAAI staff use the same tools inside the business. The Gareth Cliff Show — unfiltered conversations, interesting people and absolutely no sacred cows. #GCSLIVE #GarethCliffShow #GarethCliff #NinaHastie #MzwaneleManyi #JonathanWitt #SouthAfricanPolitics #SouthAfrica #CurrentAffairs #Comedy

Part 2 In this show you get two hours on money, AI scams, the law and some of the strangest stories of the week. The lineup covered the markets, stablecoins, voice-cloning fraud, domestic worker rights and Themba Robin’s latest plans. TD Markets trading educators Tshepo Makaodi and Ashley Reeve break down where the markets stand: The US Federal Reserve raised interest rates again on 16 September 2026. The rand has weakened from R15.92 to R16.60 against the US dollar. Oil has slipped back below $100 a barrel, and they explain why that doesn’t change the fuel price overnight. Bitcoin has strengthened through the second half of 2026. They also explain stablecoins and the future of money. You’ll hear what a stablecoin is, how USD-backed stablecoins give South Africans another way to hold and move dollar value, whether they could replace the rand or threaten the banks, and whether they protect you from inflation. @TDMarkets Instagram.com/tdmarkets TDMarkets Facebook.com/tdmarkets TDMarkets Linkedin.com/company/tdmarkets TDMarkets Youtube.com/@tdmarkets AskMandla CEO Peter Adolphs and Chief Legal Officer Janine Kane-Berman answer the questions every South African household should be asking about employing a domestic worker: Does UIF apply if she only works once a week? What happens if she is injured at home, and how do COIDA and the Compensation Fund protect her? Do you pay sick leave when she messages at 6:15am to say she’s ill? Does she really need a payslip if you pay by EFT? AskMandla is the WhatsApp-first platform that helps households manage contracts, payroll, payslips and UIF. Listeners put their own questions to Peter and Janine live in the chat. Also if you go to https://askmandla.com/garethcliff/ you get your first 6 months subscription FREE Throughout the show, the Giving It Gas Award pays R500, or a R500 voucher from The Gas Company, to the best comment in the live chat. Its CEO, Brett Cohen, joins monthly as Commenter-in-Chief to crown the winners. Join the conversation on #GCSLIVE, live every Friday morning.

In this show you get two hours on money, AI scams, the law and some of the strangest stories of the week. The lineup covered the markets, stablecoins, voice-cloning fraud, domestic worker rights and Themba Robin’s latest plans. ASS kicks off the morning with stories including Sweden’s “Introvert Travel Agency”, the most isolated place on Earth, and seven workplace solvents linked to Parkinson’s disease. Lloyd Matthews, founder of Untapped AI, returns to explain AI voice fraud and why a scam call can now sound exactly like your bank, your boss or your child. He covers: How little audio a criminal needs to clone a voice. His patented “Shazam for scam calls” technology, which recognises AI voices and flags them before anyone loses money. Why AI agents will soon need to verify each other’s identity. Why he built sovereign South African AI on local servers, under POPIA. What every family can do today: set a family safe word, hang up and call back on a saved number, and never share a PIN or OTP with a caller. https://www.untappedai.co.za/ +27 83 500 0847 TD Markets trading educators Tshepo Makaodi and Ashley Reeve break down where the markets stand: The US Federal Reserve raised interest rates again on 16 September 2026. The rand has weakened from R15.92 to R16.60 against the US dollar. Oil has slipped back below $100 a barrel, and they explain why that doesn’t change the fuel price overnight. Bitcoin has strengthened through the second half of 2026. They also explain stablecoins and the future of money. You’ll hear what a stablecoin is, how USD-backed stablecoins give South Africans another way to hold and move dollar value, whether they could replace the rand or threaten the banks, and whether they protect you from inflation. @TDMarkets Instagram.com/tdmarkets TDMarkets Facebook.com/tdmarkets TDMarkets Linkedin.com/company/tdmarkets TDMarkets Youtube.com/@tdmarkets AskMandla CEO Peter Adolphs and Chief Legal Officer Janine Kane-Berman answer the questions every South African household should be asking about employing a domestic worker: Does UIF apply if she only works once a week? What happens if she is injured at home, and how do COIDA and the Compensation Fund protect her? Do you pay sick leave when she messages at 6:15am to say she’s ill? Does she really need a payslip if you pay by EFT? AskMandla is the WhatsApp-first platform that helps households manage contracts, payroll, payslips and UIF. Listeners put their own questions to Peter and Janine live in the chat. Also if you go to https://askmandla.com/garethcliff/ you get your first 6 months subscription FREE Themba Robin closes the show with what he’s heading to China to do, and why he’s now training for a marathon. Throughout the show, the Giving It Gas Award pays R500, or a R500 voucher from The Gas Company, to the best comment in the live chat. Its CEO, Brett Cohen, joins monthly as Commenter-in-Chief to crown the winners. Join the conversation on #GCSLIVE, live every Friday morning.

Part 2 On today's Gareth Cliff Show, political commentator and Capitalist Party founder Kanthan Pillay joins Gareth for a wide-ranging conversation that moves from global politics to home turf — alternate views on South Africa's political landscape and what's really at stake as the country heads toward its local government elections. Honest, wide-ranging and typically GCS — this one's worth your time.

On today's Gareth Cliff Show, we catch up with Masheane "Mash" Sefuthi on life, love and the little things that matter — from saving hedgehogs and decluttering your space, to breaking old habits and the honest state of everyday life in South Africa right now. Then political commentator and Capitalist Party founder Kanthan Pillay joins Gareth for a wide-ranging conversation that moves from global politics to home turf — alternate views on South Africa's political landscape and what's really at stake as the country heads toward its local government elections. Honest, wide-ranging and typically GCS — this one's worth your time.

Part 2 South African travel broadcasting legend Kate Turkington joins the show to celebrate her 92nd birthday — sharing a lifetime of stories about travel, men, dogs, and everything in between.

Ben and Gareth kick off with travel talk about the world's most beautiful places — including Mauritius — before Ben gets hilariously specific about saving South Africa's baboons, sparking a comments section pile-on. Anine and Hanna join the conversation to challenge Gareth and the comments section on baboon conservation, landing on an uncomfortable but fair conclusion: maybe people are the real problem, not the baboons. Then, South African travel broadcasting legend Kate Turkington joins the show to celebrate her 92nd birthday — sharing a lifetime of stories about travel, men, dogs, and everything in between.