Clifton Shores

Billionaire entrepreneur Quinton van der Burgh was asked “what’s the best thing about Clifton?”

Quinton reply, “the people are fantastic, the beaches are mind-blowing and the views are stunning. It’s paradise.” I have to agree with Quinton. When the weather is good one has to head off to Clifton beach for an outstanding day in the sun.

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Quinton is the creator and executive producer of Clifton Shores, SA’s reality series about the glam-set.

Thinus Ferreira, independent TV critic had the following to report on the show:

The best thing about (the surprisingly good!) new reality show Clifton Shores on Tuesday 9pm Vuzu (DStv 123) is that it not only brings sunshine and brightly-lit, beautiful people filmed in summer into South African TV viewers' living rooms in the middle of winter - it's that it's actually good.

Clifton Shores aired on Tuesdays on Vuzu (21:00) and filmed more than a year ago in Cape Town, follows an American girl named Destiny Moniz and some of her "friends" travelling from Las Vegas to Clifton to work for mining the South African mining mogul Quinton van der Burgh's event planning company Quintessential (Van der Burgh also funded this reality show). With Vuzu's disastrous track record of extremely shoddily produced and low rent reality trash like Nonhle Goes to Hollywood and the new Dineo's Diary which is a major embarrassement not just to Dineo Ranaka's brand but also to the channel, Clifton Shores is well-made television with meticulous attention to detail.

The long yellow rays of the sun and the fantasy and panoramic escapism version of Cape Town and Clinfton Beach during summer are perfectly captured, lending Clifton Shores an air of high gloss without the usual pretentiousness. Clifton Shores is created and executive produced by Quinton van der Burgh with executive producers Clive Morris, Genna Lewis, Chris Roland and David Kolko.

Thinus Ferreira is an independent TV critic, writer and journalist in South Africa as well as a pop culture and media expert. He writes breaking news about TV for daily and weekly leading publications in the country and authors trend and analysis pieces about the TV business. In addition he writes regular weekly and monthly TV columns. He has and continues to write extensively about TV - chronicling what's on it and happening behind the scenes.