Ching ching as Cliff quits 'Idols'

15 Nov 2016

Gareth Cliff's "plate is pretty full at the moment", he said at the announcement of his resignation from Idols SA yesterday.

After sitting as one of the judges of the country's singing hopefuls since 2005 Cliff is venturing into the financial industry.

"Today I'm in Cape Town launching a new investment product that will 'uberise' the stock market; Cliffcentral.com is thriving and TouchCentral.fm is turning three months old. I've also got a book coming out on 28 November.

"I think you have to make space for new things to come into your life or you'll end up doing the same things over and over."

Cliff said #Invest would allow anyone to invest in JSE-listed companies from as little as R100.

"It will be managed by Anthea Gardner of Cartesian Capital and will allow our audience and community to have some skin in the game when it comes to the markets, the economy and the formerly elite share portfolio."

The 39-year-old joined the show in its third season alongside judges Randall Abrahams, Dave Thompson and Mara Louw.

In the latest season he and Abrahams were joined by Unathi Msengana and Somizi Mhlongo.

But it hasn't been plain sailing for Cliff at Idols SA In January M-Net said he had been fired from the show. This was after comments he made on Twitter about estate agent Penny Sparrow, saying: "People really don't understand free speech at all."

But after a gruelling court battle with the channel in which Cliff demanded R25m for wrongful dismissal, he was reinstated, with M-Net ordered to pay the legal costs.

"I don't hold on to bad things, I certainly think January of this year could have been handled better.

"It's been a great season despite that. I've enjoyed the evolution of the show, the chemistry between the judges and the good and bad singers."

Said M-Net: "We are grateful for his contribution and we wish him well with his future endeavours."

Source: The Times

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