Hush Money
Channel: SABC1
TX Time: 19h30
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Miniseries
Miniseries which revolves around the cover-up of the death of a young medical student after she is killed by a drunken driver with powerful friends.
The series deals with the subject of inequality and the use of power, seen playing out between the rich and powerful Dukashe family and the impoverished Buthelezis.
Nandi Buthelezi has a promising future as a medical doctor but her life is cut short when she is killed in a hit and run accident by a drunken driver, law graduate Mayihlome Dukashe.
To save him from a heavy prison sentence, his influential father - Judge Kadefuna Dukashe - bribes Nandi's poor family to turn a blind eye.
The series stars Mpho Sebeng as Mayihlome, Dumisani Mbebe as Kadefuna, Vuyelwa Mpela as Grace, Mandisa Vilakazi as Nandi, Mbali Maphumulo as Cebile, Kea Leburu as Sindi and Thandeka Nodada as Zikhoma.
In the series premiere: Mayihlome Dukashe and Nandi Buthelezi graduate and their families celebrate their wins in different ways.
Later that night Mayihlome throws a party, inviting all of his friends. Sindi, Nandi's best friend, invites Nandi as her plus one.
At the party, Mayihlome and Sindi get drunk, resulting in a hit and run accident that claims Nandi's life.
TVSA Show Page: Hush Money
My Kitchen Rules South Africa 3
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Food
My Kitchen Rules South Africa returns with celebrity chef and musician J'Something and restaurateur extraordinaire David Higgs reprising their roles as the show's judges.
Based on the Australian format, the amateur foodie pairs will start their pressure-cooker journey in an Instant Pop-up Restaurant round, where each couple will host their competitors and the two celebrity judges with a themed three-course dinner.
Then, couples who avoid the chopping block in round one will proceed to the Challenge Knock-Out Competition rounds where they will battle against each other in a series of cooking challenges at the MKR kitchen HQ and various off-site locations.
At the end of each episode, the guests around the table score the hosts on the quality and presentation of their three-course meal and after the entire table has had their turn, the couple with the lowest score is eliminated.
Money Merchants
Channel: Zee World (DStv 166)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Drama
Money Merchants is a drama series about real estate tycoons, created as a hybrid production by Zee with an Indian-African cast starring Ahmed Souane from Ivory Coast.
The story follows a headstrong South Asian businessman Ikram Malik (played by actor Jawed Sheikh) who has built his organisation Radiant Properties from scratch.
Ikram goes on landing enormous projects, but he also makes a few enemies along the way.
This episodic series takes us on a journey of corporate dreams and the price paid to live big.
Black Monday 3
Channel: Vuzu (DStv 116)
TX Time: 21h30
Genre: Comedy
Black Monday, starring and executive produced by Don Cheadle, is a comedy about a motley crew of underdogs who caused the worst stock market crash in the history of Wall Street.
The series also stars Andrew Rannells (Girls) and Regina Hall (Nine Perfect Strangers), who serve as producers, and Paul Scheer (Veep).
Season 2 followed Dawn (Hall) and Blair (Rannells) as they took over the TBD Group, while Mo (Cheadle) and Keith (Scheer) fled to Miami.
Along the way, Blair used a congressman, Dawn used a college fund honcho, Keith got used by the Leighman Brothers and Tiff used her Georgina Jeans capital on a hot new trend - skants!
At the end of Season 2, Dawn took the hit for Black Monday, and Mo reigned supreme as head of the newly minted The Mo Co.
What lies in store for him, his band of underdogs and his enemies will all play out in the 10-episode third season.
In the Season 3 premiere, "Ten!": It's 1989 and Mo makes his first big "discovery" as a newly-minted jazz producer.
Dawn's still serving time for masterminding Black Monday, Blair learns the hard way how to play politics, and Keith discovers that the late Lenny Leighman has some big follicles to fill.
Mo hatches a plot to get Dawn an early release.
Celebrity Game Face 2
Channel: E! (DStv 124)
TX Time: 20h30
Genre: Game Show
Celebrity Game Face returns with new celebrity contestants and crazier games, as they go head-to-head with the hopes of winning the "Hart of Champion" trophy and awarded money for their charity of choice.
Each team will compete in at-home games including:
"Pardon My Pecker"
Teammates must pop the most balloons with a chicken beak
"Cookie Face"
Players place a cookie on their forehead and twist their face to the cookie in their mouth
"Blow Hard"
Players blow out massive candles wearing a mouth stretcher
Celebrity pairings this season include:
Aasif Mandvi & Shaifali Puri
Chrissy Metz & Bradely Collins
D'Arcy & Jason Carden
Desus & Mero
Fortune Feimster & Jax
Gronk & Camille
Jason Biggs & Jenny Mollen
Kenan Thompson & Chris Redd
Ludacris & Eudoxie
Nelly & Shantel Jackson
Susan Kelechi Watson & Napiera Groves
T-Pain & Vanessa Fraction
In the Season 2 premiere, "Go Biggs or Go Home": Jason Biggs and Jenny Mollen, Yvette Nicole Brown and Affion Crockett, and Skylar Astin and Lisa Stelly compete remotely from their own homes in a night of fun and games hosted by Kevin Hart.
If I Can't Have You: The Jodi Arias Story
Channel: Investigation Discovery (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary
Jodi Arias is a household name in America, synonymous with one of the most heavily covered murder cases of all time.
When she was put on trial for the murder of Travis Alexander, Arias was villainized on television screens across the USA.
From photos at the scene to Arias' inconsistent story, all signs pointed to her guilt, until now.
If I Can't Have You: The Jodi Arias Story grants access to Arias' personal diaries, unseen police interviews and exclusive testimony, and interviews with the defence, prosecution, and friends and family of those connected to the case.
The documentary crisscrosses through time, taking you from scenes of the trial to Arias' journal, to the first steps taken inside the crime scene after the murder occurred.
Interwoven with interviews with Arias' defence attorney, friends of Travis Alexander and family members of Arias, this special gives an intimate view of the tumultuous relationship that Arias and Alexander continued behind closed doors.
This two-hour special asks: is Jodi Arias a sociopathic murderer, or is she a misunderstood woman who acted in self-defence?
With incredible access to her personal diaries, you will see Arias in a way you never have before, either proving what you've known all along, or inciting new questions in the love-gone-wrong case that rocked the nation.
The Chase 13
Channel: Vuzu (DStv 116)
TX Time: 17h00
Genre: Game Show
Bradley Walsh presents this show in which four contestants pit their wits against ruthless quiz genius, The Chaser, in the hope of winning a potential prize pot worth thousands of pounds.
Will they have to grapple with The Governess, Anne Hegerty? Could they be in a showdown against Sinnerman, Paul Sinha?
Perhaps they can outfox The Vixen, Jenny Ryan?
Are they good enough to decimate the Dark Destroyer, Shaun Wallace or maybe bring down the biggest of them all, The Beast, Mark Labbett?