TX Date: Tuesday, 15 May 2012
TX Time: 21h00
Episodes: 7
A story that shines light on the global citizens’ movement that took on South Africa’s apartheid regime. It reveals how everyday people in South Africa and their allies around the globe helped challenge - and end - one of the greatest injustices the world has ever known.
Have you heard from Johannesburg is a powerful seven part documentary - an untold story of one of the most fascinating events of the last century. A story full of violence, heroism and struggles, with real heroes and real villains.
It’s a story that travels all over the world, from Africa to Australia, from Sweden to the USA. It’s a story of change. Of movements that shake up governments across the world, that force big companies to their knees, and change the minds of millions of people. It’s a story of how the people of the world - very often against the opinions of their governments - destroyed apartheid in South Africa.
It's a story that gives us hope. A story that, when the world is changing, allows us to believe that each and every person is important. The series is made up of seven stories from around the world, including South Africa and plays an important role in opening South Africans eyes.
According to Connie Field, the series producer: “I wanted to tell the story of the world effort to eliminate apartheid as a focus for global action. This is a story about people who were fighting for their rights against a very oppressive regime and were able to strategically harness the rest of the world.”
3. Zoned (New series)Wanna b famous?
Presenters: Boitumelo Thulo & Mpumi Mbethe
TX Date: Thursday, 17 May 2012
TX Time: 18h30
Episodes: 26
Zoned is a brand-new interactive multi-platform user-generated magazine reality show for young people by young people.
The 26-episode show encourages young people to capture interesting images and video footage about themselves using their phones and share it with our viewers countrywide.
The uploaded material is viewed and the 5 best stories, as voted for by others, make it into the show. www.sabc1.co.za/zoned
The selected reality stars are then given a state-of-the-art video phone in order to best capture their experiences according to a set of guidelines.
Besides the reality inserts, the show will include other interactive features including: talent competitions, fashion zone, short film zone, comedy zone, social responsibility zone, entrepreneurial zone; gaming zone and much more.
4. Tshisa 3 (New season)
TX Date: Friday 25 May 2012
TX Time: 20h00
Episodes: 13
Season 3 of this local drama series is about growing up in a changing world. Redemption comes in different forms and along very different paths for the four childhood friends who have played with fame and burned their fingers. The only thing they can be sure of is that redemption isn’t achieved like a bolt from the blue. It has to be worked for.
Some wounds are self-inflicted; some get you in the crossfire, some you are born into. The consequence of an addictive personality, a messy sibling rivalry and too much partying has shattered Bafana’s world.
His true love Precious reels from the consequences of her friends’ actions and could end up on the same path by virtue of her modeling career. Drugs have turned kwaito star Baksteen into a criminal.
His homegirl Lindiwe has lied her way into a secure home but faces ruin. But it’s his groupie Noxie who’s hit bottom hardest. Meanwhile Ayanda can make it in business, but not in love. She resorted to trickery to win the man she wants.
If they’re going to learn to love themselves, turn their lives around and succeed in the grown-up world then they’re going to have to look inside themselves – at what’s causing their need to trip themselves up. Personal demons, blame, forgiveness, family and identity become the big sub-themes in Tshisa 3.
But a warning: redemption is one thing. Trying to redeem yourself in the face of temptation, heartbreak or poverty is another. Not everybody in our story will succeed, because the road to redemption is long and exceedingly difficult. And in this life we are our own worst enemies, because of our inherent weaknesses. Sometimes we are also victims of fate. And the more we try to pick up the pieces, the sharper the shards become.
Lead cast includes: Innocent Masuku as Baksteen, Bongani Masondo as Bafana, Melusi Yeni as Bheki, Thandy Matlaila as Lindiwe, Mbali Mlotshwa as Precious, Zukisa Matola as Ayanda and Vatiswa Ndara as Thembela.
5. 18th Annual SAMAs (Rebroadcast)
TX Date: Saturday 26 May 2012
TX Time: 20h00
For the benefit of viewers who missed out on the live event at Sun City, the excitement, the glitz, glamour and glory of the 18th Annual MTN South African Music Awards will be repeated on the Mzansi Fo Sho screens.
6. PSL Awards (Live broadcast)
TX Date: Sunday 27 May 2012
TX Time: 20h00
The awards are an annual ceremony in celebration of best performances in the PSL league. The awards event is held in recognition of sterling performances by the participating teams, players and coaches for the season.
The categories include: Absa Premiership Player of the Season, Absa Premiership Coach of the Season, Absa Premiership Red Hot Young Player of the Season, Absa Premiership Goalkeeper Player, Absa Premiership Absa-lutely Awesome Goal and Absa Premiership Players Player of the season (voted by the players).