My Name is Reeva
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 20h30
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series
It's been nine years since the senseless and brutal death of Reeva Steenkamp at the hands of her then-boyfriend Oscar Pistorius, and it is a killing that is still deeply embedded in the minds of millions across the globe.
My Name is Reeva is an emotive three-part documentary series based on the life of Reeva and the events which led to her shocking death on Valentine's Day in 2013.
The docuseries gives life to Reeva's existence through intimate interviews with her parents as well as close friends and family, showing that a beautiful, intelligent, and beloved woman was taken in the prime of her life.
It presents you with an in-depth analysis of what happened that fateful night; and it tells you of the effect of Reeva's death had on those who loved her most.
While millions followed the ins and outs of the trial and its aftermath, the woman at the centre of it all, Reeva, has been almost forgotten.
Now, just seven years after his conviction for murder, Pistorius could be eligible to be considered for parole, news that generated a media storm, not least because of the Victim Offender Dialogue process that will ultimately bring him face to face with the parents of his victim.
As Barry and June seek justice for their daughter and having agreed to an audience with Pistorius ahead of the parole hearing, they want answers: why did this senseless murder happen at all?
My Name is Reeva attempts to answer this question, but more importantly, it tells the true story of Reeva Steenkamp: her triumphs in the face of adversity, her fullness, her beauty and her humanness, from the lens of those who loved her most.
Motswako 21
Channel: SABC2
TX Time: 20h30
Genre: Lifestyle, Talk Show
Two decades later and still counting, Motwako aims to be the embodiment of the spirit of the South African woman and an inalienable part of the conversation had by women in the country.
The show champions poignant conversations as an authentic voice for women, speaking to them at their various stages in life and from backgrounds as colourful as the country's landscape.
The show aims to reflect the South African woman in all her shades of life.
Over the years, Motswako has been a safe haven of comfort, inspiration and sisterhood that extends beyond women.
The show has been a place where society reflects on the modalities of living a harmonious existence that promotes cohesion and constructive resolution of social, apolitical and economic challenges.
Motswako ends after this season, once again hosted by Sechaba Gqeba.
This season Sechaba will interview guests such as Penny Lebyane, Desiree Chauke, Ayanda Ncwane, Leeto Khoza, Thabiso Sekwane, Maurine Skosana, Connie Chiume, Prof. Mamokgethi Phakeng and Sibongile Mngoma.
Welcome to Wrexham
Channel: Disney+
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Docu-Reality, Sport
Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool) and Rob McElhenney (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) bought the third oldest professional football club in the world.
It is a Welsh team in the town Wrexham and the team is currently on the brink of dissolution.
Welcome to Wrexham is a docuseries tracking the dreams and worries of Wrexham, a working-class town in North Wales, UK, as two Hollywood stars take ownership of the town's historic yet struggling football club.
In 2020, Rob and Ryan teamed up to purchase the 5th tier Wrexham Red Dragons in the hopes of turning the club into an underdog story the whole world could root for.
The worry? Rob and Ryan have no experience in football or working with each other.
From Hollywood to Wales, from the pitch to the locker room, the front office to the pub, Welcome to Wrexham will track Rob and Ryan's crash course in football club ownership and the inextricably connected fates of a team and a town counting on two actors to bring some serious hope and change to a community that could use it.
Die Put 2
Channel: eExtra (Openview 105 / DStv 195 / StarSat 489)
TX Time: 21h30
Genre: Telenovela, Afrikaans
Kocovali is a powerful crime family in the Cukur neighbourhood in Istanbul, also known as "The Pit".
Idris Kocovali is the head of the family and does whatever he can in order to protect both his family and the members of Cukur.
Although it is a crime crime, it has its own rules - one of which is a ban on drugs.
Drugs are not produced, used or sold in Çukur, but groups that are new to the game try to break this ban - with deadly consequences.
In the Season 2 premiere: Someone is killing Ceto's men, but they already have a plan to get rid of the problem.
Cumali comes out of isolation, only to be attacked.
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History 101 2
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Documentary Series, History
Infographics and archival footage deliver bite-size history lessons on scientific breakthroughs, social movements and world-changing discoveries.
Bride & Prejudice: Forbidden Love 2
Channel: eReality (Openview 108)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Reality
Bride & Prejudice: Forbidden Love is a social experiment following three star-crossed couples are ready and waiting to get married, but unfortunately, all face opposition from their families.
Over the next four weeks, the couples will work with a relationship expert to help find common ground with their parents who have been dead-set against their unions from the start.
By the end of this social experiment, if they cannot get their families' approval, each couple will have to decide whether to get married, or fulfill their parents' wishes, and break up.
Our House
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 22h35
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Our House narrates the story of Fiona Lawson who arrives home one day to find strangers moving into her house.
With all her family's possessions and furniture nowhere to be seen, Fi believes there's been a huge mistake and insists her home isn't for sale.
With events spiralling beyond her control, we feel her panic rising as she can't reach estranged husband, Bram.
As she reflects upon the safe space in which she and her family had made a life together, Fi begins to peel back the layers of her relationship and discovers her husband has also disappeared.
With her life shattered, she realises the secrets and lies have only just begun, but her husband isn't the only one with things to hide...
In the series premiere: Fi Lawson (Tuppence Middleton) arrives home one day to find removal men on her doorstep and strangers moving into her house.
With all her family's possessions and furniture nowhere to be seen, Fi believes there's been a huge mistake and insists her home isn't for sale.
With events spiralling beyond her control, we feel her panic rising as she can't reach estranged husband, Bram (Martin Compston) or her two missing children.
Set against this taut present-day mystery, we flashback and see how Fi and Bram's relationship began to disintegrate, and the lies Bram told in an attempt to keep it together.
After catching him in an act of infidelity with her friend and neighbour, Merle, the two of them separate but continue to share the house in order to provide stability for their children.
Despite his failings, Fi still has strong feelings for Bram and deep-down there is hope that they can reconcile.
However, events are about to spiral out of either of their control.
Speeding home to see Fi in the hope of rekindling their relationship, Bram is involved in a car crash.
Already banned from driving, Bram is left in a panic as to what to do next and it will soon become clear that the secrets and lies have only just begun.
Based on the best-selling novel by Louise Candlish, Our House is a tense thriller about the disintegration of a modern marriage and a property-obsessed society gone awry.
It explores every couple's worst nightmare, that you can build a life, a marriage, a home and then one day it can all just be snatched away.