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Starting on SABC1 in October, 2007:

Codename: Kids Next Door 4
Premiere date: Monday 1 October at 07h00 (Finishes on 17 October)

The world is in danger and only five ten-year-old kids can save it. Problem: Adults have become tyrants over kids. Solution: five kids decide to change that for themselves and the world.

Soul Buddyz 4
Premiere date: Monday 1 October at 19h00

Soul Buddyz is a real-life drama specifically developed for 8 to 12-year olds. The series has been adjusted to appeal not only to children but also to the adults in their lives. New real life heroes who get introduced this season include: Musa Njoko, Victor Vermeulen, Edwin Cameron and Doctor Khumalo who all help the Soul Buddyz and participate in the Side by Side concert.

Imagine Africa
Premiere date: Tuesday 2 October at 18h30

Imagine Afrika pits 12 young African achievers against one another in coming up with solutions to some of the continent’s most pressing problems. Chosen through a continent-wide call for nominations resulting in over 10,000 applications the contestants have been chosen to represent the diversity of Africa and their exceptional personal achievements and talents.

Over 13 weeks the 12 contestants in three teams will compete on locations in South Africa, Ghana, Rwanda, Mozambique and Uganda in working with local communities to initiate efforts to address local problems.

With the primary goal of demonstrating the power of personal initiative, self esteem and leadership in charting a future vision for a better future for Africa, the contestants will specifically focus on factors driving the HIV/AIDS epidemic as the most debilitating of the endemic diseases affecting Africa.

Sipho Hotsticks Mabuse Documentary
On: Tuesday 2 October at 22h00

Get A Life 2
Premiere date: Thursday 4 October at 13h30

Get A Life is a health and lifestyle guide. This premiere is it's second season.

Buddys On The Move 2
Premiere date: 4 October at 15h30

Buddyz on the Move is a reality programme developed specifically for children. It is the sister programme of Soul Buddyz and is linked to the weekly Soul Buddyz drama broadcast. It focuses on nutrition, HIV/Aids and money management.

Counting The Booty - Unspoken War
Premiere date: Tuesday 9 October at 21h00
(Fur part documentary series)

An exploration of the white male psyche who feels marginalised in a democratic, post apartheid South Africa. They conducted compulsory national service in the 1970’s, 80’s under apartheid rule of the former government and put their lives at stake for the sake of “volk and vaderland”.

They held top positions in the former political dispensation and used to be in control of their lives and the country. Today they find themselves unwanted and at the bottom of the ‘food chain’ within the new South African context. Where do they fit into the new society and do they have a place?

Interrogation Room 3
Premiere date: Thursday 11 October at 21h00

Interrogation Room is a 13-part drama series built around the intense psychological drama that takes place in the Interrogation Room of a Cape Town police station. The show explores the emotional impact that crime has on its victims and on the police themselves.

Cast: Nambitha Mpumlwana (Captain Thandiswa Skweyiya), Hlomla Dandala (Det Majola Tindleni), Andre Jacobs (Captain Fred Erasmus), Brenda Ngxoli (Desk Sgt Bongi Litha), Dumisani Sizwe-Mbebe (Det Sami Ntshona), Thoko Ntshinga (Senior-Superintendent Nomsa Dlamba), Dawn Matthews (Const. Gillian Pieterse), Jo Serekonyane (Const. Tebe Okri), Erica Wessels (Trauma Counsellor Maria Goodman), and Jody Abrahams (Sgt. Phil Abrahams).

Counting The Booty - The Forgotten Ones
Premiere date: Tuesday 16 October at 21h00

This episode of Counting The Booty explores the psyche of former MK and APLA veterans who left the country for exile to join liberation movements in the struggle against the apartheid government. Since their return from exile in the early 1990’s, many became dislocated and found themselves without homes and families. Many feel that the current government that they helped bring to power is now neglecting their needs.

Codename: Kids Next Door 5
Premiere date: Thursday 18 October at 07h00

Five extraordinary 10-year-olds, who are dedicated to freeing all children from the tyrannical rule of adults, have formed a covert team called Kids Next Door (also known as KND). To mask their identities, they have taken numbers instead of names. Led by Numbuh One from the fortress of their Treehouse headquarters, the KND team has vowed to knock down anyone who gets in the way of their stated mission.

Heart Core
Premiere date: Thursday 18 October at 18h30

Heart Core is a 13-part documentary series that focuses on relations between parents and the youth in dialogue around issues of sexuality, relationships and identity. The series encourages the youth to be outspoken and to challenge parents on life-changing issues of self-expression and inter-generational perspectives.

Ses'khona 3
Premiere date: Thursday 18 October at 19h00

Ses’khona is an exciting SiSwati Lifestyle Magazine Show providing a gateway into the minds of the youth of Mzansi. The show will cover all facets of a young persons mind and will take our viewers on a weekly journey through the latest lifestyle trends, social events and insight into Mzansi’s entertainment industry. Presented by Hlengiwe Nkosi and Sphiwe Nkosi. Produced by Tswelopele Productions.

Counting The Booty – Flowers Of The Nation
Premiere date: Tuesday 23 October at 21h00

This episode looks at the role of women veterans from the liberation struggle and the socio-economic impact that the struggle had on their lives. It will celebrate the role of women soldiers/cadres and the contribution they have made which is significant but seems to have been downplayed in the annals of history. Personal accounts of individual women will be told and the impact of that their past experience on their current lives will be explored.

Bay Of Plenty
Premiere date: Wednesday 24 October at 20h30

Bay of Plenty portrays, reflects and celebrates the emerging culture of South African youth in a unique universe that combines the cross-cultural mix of Durban’s beachfront with the popularity of surfing and the glamour of the beach landscape. The series explores the daily lives of people of this particular beach community in Durban - issues facing the Black lifeguards; surfers, fishermen and Zionists; holidaymakers; rickshaw men and holidaymakers.

Counting The Booty - Future Generations
Premiere date: Tuesday 30 October at 21h00

This is an exploration of the psyche of the youth across the gender/racial/social strata divide. How do youth feel about the new South Africa, do they feel optimistic about their future? Do they feel that they can contribute towards building the nation or are they scared that they may not find employment? Do they care about their past, do they know their past? How do their parents’ behaviour and attitude towards the country influence their perspective on life in South Africa?

Khumbul'ekhaya 3
Premiere date: Wednesday 24 October at 21h00

The docu-reality series Khumbul'ekhaya returns for a third season. The show follows the real journeys of South Africans on quest to re-unite and bring healing to their families. It includes elements of tracing long lost relatives, finding estranged family members and healing long standing feuds that have caused rifts and pain in families. In each show, spark laughter and tears, as viewers reflect on their own family relationships and are moved to implement positive change in their own homes. A heartwarming show bringing stories from all corners of South Africa, Khumbul'ekhaya brings South Africans back home.


TRC - Life Went On (Documentary)
On: 2 October at 21h00 21:00 – 22:00

This documentary follows film-maker Madoda Ncayiyana as he pursues the story about the people for whom life just carried on, despite the apartheid-sanctioned forced removals in Cato Manor, Durban - those who managed to remain “unremoved”, those who made tactical plans to avoid forced removals, those who collaborated and those who defied.

YO.TV Close Up 2
Premiere date: 4 October at 16h00

Close Up returns for a fourth season. Each episode the show takes a much closer look at a popular celebrity through fast paced and fun inserts that take viewers into the lives, homes and workplaces of their favourite celebrities. Where do they sleep? What’s really in their cupboards? What’s their shoe size and how many pairs do they have?

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