2018 MTV Video Music Awards MTV (DStv 130)
TX Time: 21h15
Genre: Awards Show, Music
Get ready for one of MTV's biggest music night at the MTV Video Music Awards which will be held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Cardi B leads the list of nominations this year, although the biggest showstopper should be the first live performance by Jennifer Lopez at these awards since 2001.
Other performers include Ariana Grande, Shawn Mendes, Nicki Minaj and Rita Ora.
NOTE: the awards air live on MTV at 03h00, repeated at 21h15. The pre-show airs at 20h30.
Guy's Big Project
Channel: Food Network (DStv 175)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Food
Having spent years exploring the American culinary experience in numerous shows, Guy Fieri is now on the lookout for the next big foodie TV series.
In this talent show, food bloggers, home cooks and professional chefs pitch their shows to Guy and his team for a chance to shoot their pilot in the final round - or face elimination.
Guy kicks things off by asking the contestants to pick a dish they would feature on their show and describe it to camera - and they soon find that it's harder than it looks on TV.
Dark Waters: Murder in the Deep
Channel: IDx (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series
Despite its promise of beauty and tranquillity, the sea is a lawless world where jealousy, greed, deceit, and rage surface with the menace of a great white shark.
This series dives deep into the world of murder on the ocean. Featuring evidence from the cases including police audio tapes, interviews with police investigators and those affected by the crimes, each episode uses dramatic reconstructions to recount the crimes and delves beneath the surface to reveal the shocking truth.
Nothing is left submerged in these tragic cases of murder on the ocean.
Strike Back 5
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 23h00
Genre: Action
Omair Idrisi, a terrorist, is freed during an ambush at the Syrian-Jordanian Border. Sergeant Thomas 'Mac' McAllister's team is murdered during the ambush.
Colonel Adeena Donovan recruits McAllister, Sergeant Samuel Wyatt, Lance Corporal Gracie Novin and Captain Natalie Reynolds into the revived Section 20 to find and capture Idrisi and his British wife, Jane Lowry.
As their mission takes them across North Africa, the Middle East and Europe, from nightclubs to white-nationalist organisations, Section 20 tries to prevent a devastating terrorist attack, whilst uncovering secrets about Lowry and Donovan.