MTV Shuga Down South 2
Channel: SABC1
TX Time: 19h30
Genre: Drama
MTV Shuga: Down South 2 is set one year on from the previous season, as old and new faces collide in the buzzing downtown hub of Braamfontein and the fictional vibrant township of Zenzele, where the characters come to terms with young adulthood, their relationships, sexual health, happiness and the challenges of self-acceptance and survival.
Directed by Thishiwe Ziqubu, Vivek Mehta and previous MTV Breaks winner Mlu Godola, the new season focuses on topical issues in South Africa including toxic masculinity, the realities of living with HIV as a young person, and the root causes of gender-based violence.
Other key plot points include domestic violence, transactional sex, knowing your HIV status, antiretroviral treatment adherence and LGBTQ+ relationships.
TVSA Show Page: MTV Shuga: Down South 2
Date My Family 4
Channel: Mzansi Wethu (DStv 163)
TX Time: 18h30
Genre: Dating Game Show, Reality
Forget about the "two people meet each other" typical love story. It's now a full-on family affair.
In each episode, audiences are introduced to a bachelor/bachelorette who's looking for love. That singleton is then sent on three dates – to meet the families of three potential partners.
The twist in the tale? The bachelor/bachelorette must choose just one potential partner who they think they'll hit it off with – based solely on what the families say and do. But will they make the right choice?
TVSA Show Page: Date My Family 4
Hawaii Five-0 9
Channel: M-Net City (DStv 115)
TX Time: 19h10
Genre: Police Procedural, Action, Drama
In the Season 9 premiere, "Ka 'owili'oka'i (Cocoon)": After Steve's CIA agent friend is killed, McGarrett lets himself be captured by the group he thinks is responsible and endures a torturous sensory deprivation tank to find the killer.
Also, Tani wrestles with whether or not she will tell McGarrett about the murder weapon she found at Adam's house.
The episode is a retelling of the original series' pilot episode.
TVSA Show Page: Hawaii Five-0 9
Our Little Family 2
Channel: Real Time (DStv 155)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Docu-Reality
This season, Cece and Cate enroll in dance class, but their individuality shines when they realize Cece is much more of a girlie girl than Cate.
Dan also shares his love of golf with Jack, and together they prepare for an annual little people golf tournament.
Season 2 is packed with celebrations, including Mother's and Father's Day, birthdays and family vacations, but amidst all the parties, Michelle decides to embrace a healthier lifestyle.
Together, she and Dan learn how to cook and be more active as a family, which means training for a 5K, strawberry picking and preparing for a Maryland crab festival.
Making of a Mogul: Ladies Edition
Channel: FOX Life (DStv 126 / StarSat 133)
TX Time: 20h10
Genre: Documentary Series
Ghanaian media personality Anita Erskine takes you behind the scenes of entertainers, entrepreneurs and creatives who are making serious strides in Africa.
This season focuses on over 30 self-motivated African women all over the world rewriting the narrative in their chosen fields.
The ladies featured this season include Dr Yvette Appiah and Dr Oge Onwudiwe, founders of SkynergyMD, which claims to harness the synergistic effect of science and nature in a skin, hair and nails care line that is tailored to ethnic skin.
Extinct or Alive
Channel: Discovery Channel (DStv 121)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Wildlife, Documentary Series
What if extinct animals weren't really extinct? Forrest Gallante, a wildlife biologist, scours the globe using cutting edge technology on his mission to find species that the world has stopped looking for.
With a deep passion for, and knowledge of, all animals - Forrest tangles with remote and sometimes dangerous environments, seeking out evidence and eyewitnesses to track and bring back to life creatures mistakenly labelled as extinct.
From trekking the jungles of Taiwan to seek the Formosan clouded leopard (pictured), to braving the frozen tundra of Canada in search of the white wolf of Newfoundland, can Forrest prove these creatures are still alive?
Tyd met Aleit 4
Channel: kykNET (DStv 144)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Lifestyle, Afrikaans
Event and wedding specialist Aleit Swanepoel puts the style into lifestyle by giving valuable tips on how to entertain at home, visiting a well-known South African personality every week, for a proper "kuier" and catch-up on their lives.
In the new season he once again demonstrates how any occasion can be made into a glamarous affair. Celebrities include singer Andriëtte Norman, actor De Klerk Oelofse and chef Tiaan Langenegger.
In the Season 4 premiere, presenter Katlego Maboe meets Aleit in Cape Town for a breakfast chat. And the adventure doesn't stop there, as Aleit also explores a zipline tour outside Ceres.
NCIS 14
Channel: SABC3
TX Time: 21h30
Genre: Police Procedural, Drama, Action
Joining the cast this season is Jennifer Esposito as NCIS Special Agent Alexandra "Alex" Quinn, an experienced agent who left field work and became an instructor at the Law Enforcement Training Center.
Gibbs lures her back into the field as part of his team, where he takes advantage of her sharp wit, quick mind and immense talent as a federal agent.
Also new this season is Wilmer Valderrama as Special Agent Nicholas "Nick" Torres, who disappeared six months ago while on a deep undercover assignment in Argentina.
TVSA Show Page: NCIS 14
Wild Skin
Channel: ST Novela E Plus (StarSat 128)
TX Time: 21h30
Genre: Telenovela
Camila Espino is an impulsive young woman who spent her childhood on the streets before moving to an orphanage as a teenager.
She finds a job at the cosmetic company Mascarada owned by Ezequiel López Méndez, who has been at war with Fausto Aragón de la Rosa, owner of Capricho, a rival cosmetic company, for years.
Camila falls in love with Maximiliano, Ezequiel's son. But their love will be tested by the bitter enmity between the López Méndez and Aragón de la Rosa families, and as Camila continues the search for her birth mother, she will begin to uncover the secrets of the rivalry between these two powerful families.
Snowfall 2
Channel: M-Net City (DStv 115)
TX Time: 21h40
Genre: Drama
Snowfall continues its riveting story about the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it.
Season 2 follows the ensemble of characters as they intersect and overlap within the mosaic of Los Angeles as we enter 1984, all of them working toward their ultimate goals of money, power and influence.
In the Season 2 premiere, "Sightlines": Franklin struggles to keep up with the demands of his growing organisation. As political tides shift, the CIA cuts Teddy's support, as he travels to recruit a new pilot.
Uyang'thanda Na? 2
Channel: Mzansi Wethu (DStv 163)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Dating Game Show
Moshe Ndiki replaces Tats Nkonzo this season and is coming to the rescue to help admirers to confess to their crushes and hopefully skip towards the sunset to live out their happily ever after, in this show about coming out of the shadows of crushing and into the full glare of the love spotlight.
Each secret admirer receives coaching tips as well as help in setting the mood – just to help smooth out the difficult path to the confession.
Once the big reveal and confession are made, viewers will hear how the admired will answer the all-important question: Uyang'Thanda Na?
TVSA Show Page: Uyang'thanda Na? 2