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On SABC1 this month:

Selimathunzi 21
Premiered: Saturday 3 November, 2007 at 18h00

SABC1's locally-produced variety seriestravels to all regions of South Africa, spotlighting special events and glamorous functions, highlighting the latest trends, fads and fashions. In response to viewer letters and requests, the Selimathunzi presenters and crew attend local functions around the country - from 21st birthday parties to matric farewell dances. In the "Dreams Can Come True" insert, viewer requests are granted on a merit basis. Presented by Brown Matsime, Sebolelo Makoanyane and Kaos Matu.

Counting The Booty - The Wrong Packaging
On: Tuesday 6 November, 2007 at 21h00

This episode of the Counting The Booty documentary series is about a young white male who has a strong sense that there is something wrong with him. He is 22, still lives at home with his mother and has no real prospects of a good job. One morning, while shaving, he realizes that what is wrong with him is his packaging - the fact that he is white and male and living in the new South Africa. Being a bright kinda guy, he decides he is going to record his life and the lives of his friends.

This documentary is a film that offers insight into the current social malady of a class of white males that have not been born into absolute privilege, trying to find themselves as self sufficient men but who struggle to find good job opportunities. They battle with their feelings of anger and insecurity and sometimes racism. The film is directed by Brent’s relative, a Xhosa man in his 40’s and the interaction between the 2 speaks volumes about the state of the male psyche in current South Africa.

Trace Your Roots
Premiere date: Wednesday 7 November 2007 at 23h30

Trace your roots is a thirteen part documentary series that looks at the attitudes and behavioural characteristics of various cultural groupings in South Africa. Each program focuses on the customs, arts, social institutions and achievements of a particular nation, people or social group. The majority of the programme consists of already existing archive material.

Khumbul’ Ekhaya
Premiere date: Wednesday 7 November at 21h00

Khumbul’ Ekhaya is a docu-reality series that follows the real journeys of South Africans on a quest to re-unite and bring healing to their families. The show traces long lost relatives, finds estranged family members and heals long standing feuds that have caused rifts and pain in families.

Counting The Booty - Include Us Too
On: Tuesday 13 November, 2007 at 21h00

Lebogang Manyane is a 35 year-old black single parent whose greater part of life is spent trying to secure employment as a Psychologist / Counsellor. Her life struggle is not that she lacks the necessary qualifications or job experience to do the work - the challenge however, is that she is blind and this exposes Lebogang to many stumbling blocks, which not only hinders her from getting hired but also hampers her from achieving goals to be a successful parent and an independent functioning member of society.

Courage The Cowardly Dog
Premiere date: Sunday 18 November at 07h30

Murial and Eustace Bagge live in Nowhere, Kansas. Or more aprropiately, in the middle of Nowhere.

They adopted Courage, their pink cowardly dog, when he was a pup and have been taking care of him ever since. Or vice versa actually.

Weird and scary things happen in the middle of Nowhere and Courage is constantly helping Murial out of trouble.

There is no love lost between him and Eustace, who calls him Stupid Dog, and the two of them are constantly at each others throats.

Courage by name, coward by nature, he still manages to save the day.



Counting The Booty - The Rebirth of Umkhubane
On: Tuesday 20 November, 2007 at 21h00

This story, directed by patriotic resident of Cato Manor, intends recording history in the making. For in the years to come this place promises to be very different from what it was and what it is today. Back in the early 1900s the place called Umkhumbane was built, inside the city of Durban with people living in shacks. It became a very vibrant community but these people were forcibly removed during the Group Areas Act of 1960. Amazingly, they came back in the late 80s and started to rebuild their communities often against impossible odds. This places promises to be very different from what it was and what it is today.

The story will revolve around a Mrs. TR Mbewana, who was amongst the first to return to Cato Manor in 1989 after being forced to relocate due to political violence that took place in KZN.

Counting The Booty - The Ethos Of Crime
On: Tuesday 27 November, 2007 at 21h00

A father and his son vowed to “serve and protect” our society but now the son is dead and the father is left with a grieving family and a society that does not respect its police force – was the suffering and pain all worth it?

We look at a family where the father is a retired policeman and tried to discourage his son from entering the force. His son was adamant he could make a difference but while out on patrol was ambushed with 2 colleagues. He was killed and his colleagues critically injured.

We look at the dynamics of the grieving family and their close relationships and how the immediate neighbourhood has responded to this killing. We also look at how the colleagues are coping and what keeps them in the police force. We try to get into the mind of the police killers and find out why they did it and retrospectively if there are any regrets.

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