Lebo M: Coming Home
Channel: Mzansi Magic (DStv 161)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Docu-Reality, Music
Grammy-winning singer Lebo M returns home in this 10-episode series, which follows his efforts to reunite his family under one roof – including four kids, his third wife Angela and his mother – and to create new music with Zahara, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Judith Sephuma and his daughter Refi.
Lebo talks about his past, including his accidental move to Lesotho while he was in exile, homelessness on the streets of the USA, his rise to fame and the glory years working on The Lion King.
Lebo shares his dynamics of a father-daughter and father-son relationship, and navigates being a father in a modern society.
Lebo M's life comes full circle as he tries to keep the Morake household together.
In the series premiere, his ex-wife Angela throws a housewarming party as the composer moves into a new home with Angela, his kids and his 93-year-old mother.
The first episode also sees tensions between Lebo and his son, Tshepiso, get more intense over Tshepiso's unwelcome baby mama.
Challenge SOS 6
Channel: S3
TX Time: 16h30
Genre: Adventure, Reality Competition
South African school teams battle it out in extreme outdoor activities for the title of Unsinkable Class of the Year.
In the Season 6 premiere: the show joins team Lewatle (Fish Hoek High School) and team Umlilo (Mondeor Eco School) as they battle it out in a head-to-head race where they have to build seafaring rafts.
Who will sink and who will swim?
Winslyn 8
Channel: kykNET (DStv 144)
TX Time: 17h30
Genre: Actuality, Talk Show, Afrikaans
Moonlighting and side-hustling are more common than ever.
2021 will be remembered as the year many small businesses were started. Some were born out of necessity; others were brave leaps of faith.
Divan Botha and the Winslyn team are back with a new season and sound advice for every curious entrepreneur.
You can look forward to energetic discussions of innovation, creativity, problem solving, technology, legal requirements, marketing and investment tips.
This season there is a new focus on career choices and job opportunities, which will be of interest to younger viewers.
There are interviews with well-known businesspeople, regular folk, new and old entrepreneurs, hoping to inspire and instil hope for a sustainable future.
South Africa is full of dreamers, risk takers and out-of-the-box thinkers, and Winslyn celebrates them.
True Conviction 3
Channel: Investigation Discovery (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series, Docu-Drama
With more than two decades of experience in the judicial system, no one knows the delicate dance between arrest and conviction better than former Brooklyn homicide prosecutor Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi.
In True Conviction, she travels across the USA to reveal how the nation's top prosecutors tackled their toughest cases.
Reviewing the crime with the detectives who were on the scene and connecting with those who were left behind, Nicolazzi reveals how homicides are solved on the street but won in the courtroom.
In the Season 3 premiere, "More Than a Statistic": A crime wave is sweeping Boston and police resources are stretched thin.
The murder of a single mother is on the brink of becoming just another number in a wave of unsolved homicides.
As the case goes cold for years, a toddler is left without his mom and an immigrant family faces an overwhelming justice system they can barely comprehend.
Then, the nation's top cold case duo attempts to catch her killer.
They develop a technique that would change investigative procedure forever hoping to secure justice for a mother gone too soon.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Channel: SABC2
TX Time: 21h30
Genre: Drama, Comedy-Drama
Based on the novels of the same name by Alexander McCall Smith, this comedy-drama focuses on the story of a detective agency opened by Mma Ramotswe to help townspeople solve mysteries in their lives.
The series was filmed on location in Botswana and was the first major film or television production to be undertaken in the country.
Like McCall's novels, the series chronicles the adventures of Precious Ramotswe (Jill Scott), the cheerful, eminently sensible proprietor of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, located in the Kgale Hill Shopping Center on the outskirts of Gaborone.
As a young girl growing up in the African nation of Botswana, Precious was encouraged by her father to follow her dreams, no matter what.
When she was a little girl, she spent her days with her father in the wilds of Botswana, learning to use her eyes, her ears, her memory and her patience to solve any mysteries surrounding her.
Years later, after her beloved father dies, Precious inherits his 180 cows – a windfall that draws the interest of her abusive ex-husband, Note (a trumpet player) and conniving lawyer Lucky.
Now in her mid-30s, Precious is embarking on an almost improbable career that utilises the unique gifts of inquisition and intuition she learned earlier in life to benefit those who need help the most.
Aided by her efficient yet high-strung secretary Grace Makutsi (Anika Noni Rose), Precious investigates a variety of cases, helping townspeople solve mysteries in their lives, from dubious fathers to missing children, philandering husbands and con-artist scams.
She also begins a special friendship with a widowed suitor, JLB Matekoni (Lucian Msamati), the owner of a local garage.
Precious exemplifies the courageous efforts by real-life Africans to improve the quality of their lives while preserving their culture.
Though Precious brings a playful, even innocent, exuberance to her job, the "mysteries" she investigates are quite serious, and include child kidnapping, poverty, organised crime, health crises, spousal abandonment and infidelity — ongoing problems that confront many Africans (and Americans) today.
In the lead role of Precious Ramotswe is R&B singer/songwriter Jill Scott.
Other regulars include Anika Noni Rose as Precious' quirky secretary Grace, Lucian Msamati as her devoted suitor JLB and comedian Desmond Dube as her neighbour BK, a flamboyant hairdresser.
There are several appearances by other South African actors including Tumisho Masha (who plays conniving lawyer Lucky Sisane), John Kani, Brenda Ngxoli, Kenneth Nkosi, Jerry Mofokeng, Mary Twala, Moshidi Motshegwa and Keketso Semoko.
TVSA Show Page: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Homestead Rescue 4
Channel: Discovery Channel (DStv 121)
TX Time: 19h15
Genre: Reality
Expert homesteaders Marty, Misty and Matt Raney return to the most desperate homesteads across America, helping those on the brink of failure learn to survive and thrive off the grid.
And this season, the projects are bigger and tougher than ever.
The Raneys respond to a call for help from Alaska's remote and rugged Chugach Mountains, converting an old barn into a commercial fishing kitchen.
But when Marty is suddenly forced to quarantine, Matt and Misty must finish alone, leading to the discovery of the homestead's biggest resource: gold.
And, Misty and Matt find themselves alone on a critical rescue of Alaskan homesteaders ill from dirty water and stuck in a crumbling cabin.
Whatever the project, the Raneys are determined to continue their mission to bring salvation to homestead hopefuls around the country.
In the Season 4 premiere, "Poisoned": Toxic land plagues this Kentucky homestead, so the Raneys must build the Rains family a hillside garden, turn a cave into a goat fortress, and find uncontaminated water deep underground.
Mysteries at the Museum 22
Channel: Travel Channel (DStv 179)
TX Time: 21h10
Genre: Reality
History enthusiast Don Wildman is on a quest to solve the world's greatest mysteries.
From historical institutions to unexplored archives, he sets out to unearth extraordinary relics and sinister artefacts that reveal incredible secrets from the past.
From the story behind an iconic September 11th photo to a NASA experiment that turned deadly, Don is on a mission for the truth.
Through interviews, rare archival footage and dramatic reconstructions, the series illuminates the hidden treasures at the heart of history's most incredible triumphs, sensational crimes and bizarre encounters.
In the Season 22 premiere, "Doppelgangers and More": Don investigates a centuries-long curse connected to the Salem witch trials, a strange helicopter hijacking in Washington, DC and more.