Clarence Ford takes you through lunchtime with a mixed massala of truly Cape Town experiences that bring a little sanity to your working day. Always willing to explore the human condition in its deepest and most intimate facets, he alternates your favorite classics with genuine conversation about topics that affect us all.

His gentle style, human empathy and highly articulated taste in music offers you Cape Town’s most personal lunchtime listen. On Wednesdays, Clarence meanders through the mysteries of mind, space and time with Bruno, our resident psychic and clairvoyant mystic, between 2 and 3pm. 

On Sundays between 6 and 10pm it is “Me Time” as ‘Clarrie’s Favourites’ gratify the soul with timeless classics as a perfect way to end off the weekend.

Clarence grew up in District Six and attended Parkwood Primary School. He went to high school in Claremont and studied teaching at UWC before moving to Namibia.  

He joined P4 in 1997 and since then he has been a stalwart of the station through its evolution into Heart 104.9 FM. Clarence is an intellectual with strong political views. He has interviewed Madiba on 3 occasions, as well as Thabo Mbeki and many other global figures.