California Flames, Birthday Games, and Cape Town Fame

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Pt 1 - Gareth Cliff, Simphiwe Mthethwa, and Ben Karpinski kickstart their Friday with a fiery discussion about celebrities crying over their multimillion-dollar mansions lost in the California fires – should we really care? They also dig into the ANC’s 113th birthday celebrations (party hats or power struggles?) and gush over Cape Town snagging the "Best City in the World” title

17 Jan 2AM English Explicit South Africa Society & Culture · News

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