Daai Crazy Somer
Channel: e.tv
TX Time: 17h30
Genre: Telenovela, Afrikaans
Selim is an idealist prosecutor who is married and has two children.
He dedicates all his time to his work, lives in Istanbul apart from his family, and neglects his family most of the time.
Selim gets an interesting offer from Selcuk Taskin, who has been in prison for eight years for links to organised crime.
Selcuk Taskin is willing to become a witness and reveal all mafia relations in Istanbul.
He has one condition: his son Akgun must be protected by the prosecutor Selim.
Prosecutor Selim accepts this offer in order to end the mafia relations in Istanbul and starts to keep an eye on Akgun.
Akgun is a reckless and fearless 20-year-old and has grown up in a dangerous environment due to his father's mafia relations.
Even though his father has been in prison for years, Akgun still uses his father's name in this dark world.
The South African voice dub cast includes Markus Haywood, Zetske van Pletzen, Jacques Gombault, Natasja Jacobs, Francois Coetzee, Kevin Smith, Elzabé Zietsman, Adrian Steyn, Maude Saunders, Rowlen von Gericke, Caiden Bouwer, Steven Sterling and Stiaan Bruwer.
The original Turkish title is Son Yaz (Last Summer).
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Lenyalo Ha Se Papadi
Channel: Mzansi Magic (DStv 161)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Comedy
Sitcom which revolves around a couple in the process of getting a divorce who still have to live under the same roof together.
The series follows Mpho and Desmond as they navigate co-parenting, finances, family and attempting to date, all while having to do this living under the same roof as they wait for the divorce to be finalised.
After 15 years of being a devoted wife and mother of two to a caring, yet neglectful workaholic husband, 40-year-old Mpho reaches her breaking point and asks for a divorce.
Expecting a smooth process, things take a dramatic turn for the worse when Mpho realises she cannot afford to move out of their marital home as the divorce process unfolds - and neither can her husband.
Both are trapped. Who will crack first?
The series stars Mavuso Magabane as Desmond and Mapaseka Koetle as Mpho.
Other cast members include Lindokuhle Mbonani, Siphiwe Ngcongwane, Thando Dunjani, Bonginkosi Twala, Zizi Peteni, Nicholas Nkuna, Nomonde Mbhele, Dumisani Nkabinde, Clementine Mosimane, Webster Kutoane, Mandla Gaduka, Nomzamo Dlamini and Aaliyah Matintela.
TVSA Show Page: Lenyalo Ha Se Papadi
Beachside Brawl
Channel: Food Network (DStv 175)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Food
From fresh west coast fish tacos to buttery east coast lobster rolls, beach bites coast to coast are undeniably delicious.
Antonia Lofaso challenges the foremost cooks from both coasts in the ultimate battle to determine which coast does summer food best on Beachside Brawl.
East Coast chef Tiffani Faison and West Coast chef Brooke Williamson lead teams of four cooks in this beachside showdown.
Both captains will mentor and cook alongside their teams throughout the competition with one goal: prove that their coast does it best.
One team member will be crowned Best of the Beach and win a dream beach getaway worth up to $25,000.
Throughout the six-week competition the teams will be tested in summer-themed showdowns from seafood banquets on a budget to tropical destination dinners, and from million-dollar yacht meals to boardwalk bake sales.
Joining Antonia each week will be a rotating guest judge, including Stephanie Boswell, Noah Cappe, Tim Hollingsworth, Rashida Holmes, Sabin Lomac, Jeremy McBryde, and Ben Robinson to help determine the winner.
Only one will be able to take the heat and win bragging rights and the ultimate beach getaway.
In the series premiere, "Boardwalk Bites": Antonia challenges the teams to create a menu of boardwalk stand dishes that represents their coast to be served to beachgoers.
The menu must include an item on a stick, a fried item, as well as something in a bun, something cheesy, and something sweet.
Becoming Martian
Channel: Curiosity Channel (DStv 185)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Documentary Series, Science, Nature
To survive Mars, our species will need to evolve how we eat, drink, and build our homes.
Will we need our genes to evolve as well?
First Steps to Mars
Humans seem to be on the cusp of reaching Mars, but how did we get to this point?
Our journey to our neighbouring planet traces a path connecting Nikola Tesla, Nazi weapons of war, a Cold War space race, and a string of blockbuster discoveries made by some of NASA's most talented robots.
Surviving Mars
Science may soon make the dream of traveling to Mars a reality, but how will we live once we get there?
How will we manage our basic human needs of food, water and shelter on a planet known for its barren surface conditions, high radiation levels and toxic dirt?
First Martians
Sometime in the future humans will leave Earth to colonise Mars, and in doing so will begin to adapt to life on another planet in surprising ways.
Evolutionary biologist Dr. Scott Solomon foresees a series of changes to our species from the size of our hearts and heads to the pigments in our skin.
Mars: The Journey
Channel: Curiosity Channel (DStv 185)
TX Time: 21h30
Genre: Documentary, Science, Nature
The faint red glow of Mars has intrigued those watching it from Earth for centuries.
Now space exploration has begun to lift the veil on The Red Planet, and upcoming missions to Mars are looking at Mars as a potential habitat for humans.
Can we move to Mars in the next decade?
The Trials of Winnie Mandela
Channel: SABC1
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Documentary Series
The Trials of Winnie Mandela is a provocative examination of an icon, a politician, a grandmother, and a human being.
A deeply personal story that compels her granddaughters - and audiences - to grapple with their own understanding of human frailty, unconditional love and the human capacity for good and evil.
This seven-part documentary series is structured around a lunchtime conversation between Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and her two granddaughters.
The interactions are frank, heartfelt, they are emotional and uncomfortable.
Most of all, they provide unique insight into the complexity of a woman who lived an extraordinary life.
Unparalleled access to Winnie Mandela, exclusive interviews with family, friends, commentators, victims and activists and rare archive footage captures Winnie's life story in detail never attempted before.
Swati and Zazi are drawn into a dark, unfamiliar world of anarchy, police brutality, betrayal, necklacing, spies and political compromise with their grandmother placed centrally in the mix.
Immersed in this shadowy and frightening world, the sisters are unwavering in their determination to find the truth - often to Winnie's chagrin.
They ask questions to which they might not want to hear the answers.
There has been an unfortunate tendency in public life to silence complex discussions about Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's iconic life.
More especially since she died in 2018, when the prevailing narratives insisted solely on the "feminist heroine" and refuse the probing of a fallen idol.
Yet the voices of her victims still cry out; if we cannot hold her accountable for her own legacy, we have no right to hold anyone accountable for their actions today.
In the series premiere: Winnie Mandela has died.
One of South Africa's most controversial struggle icons and former wife of South African president Nelson Mandela.
Her death is fraught with controversy. Is she a saint? Is she a sinner?
Over a leisurely Sunday lunch with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, her granddaughters Swati and Zazi begin their quest to find out more about their grandmother's life.
When Winnie arrives in Johannesburg in 1952, she is firmly rooted in a radical black consciousness politics learnt from her father and grandmother.
This is contrary to the belief that she was a naïve country girl politicized by her husband to be Nelson Mandela.
When Nelson Mandela is incarcerated for life in 1964, Winnie becomes the face of the anti-Apartheid struggle and consequently a target of the notorious Apartheid security police for the next 30 years.
She is detained, tortured, banned and finally banished after her involvement in the 1976 student uprising.
Her bravery and resilience have captured the imagination of the world.
But the relentless abuse and torture by the Apartheid security forces over the years begins to harden her.
The sisters discover that their grandmother is prepared to kill for her ideals.
Koala Man
Channel: Disney+
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Koala Man follows middle-aged dad Kevin and his titular not-so-secret identity, whose only superpower is a burning passion for following rules and snuffing out petty crime in the town of Dapto.
Though it may seem like any other Australian suburb, forces of evil both cosmic and man-made lie in wait to pounce on unsuspecting Daptonians.
On a quest to clean up his hometown, and often roping his frustrated family into his adventures, Koala Man stands at the ready.
He'll do whatever it takes to defeat villainous masterminds, supernatural horrors, or worse: jerks who don't take their rubbish bins down on the proper days.
The series features the voices of Michael Cusack, Hugh Jackman, Sarah Snook, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto and more.
Life in Colour with David Attenborough
Channel: BBC Earth (DStv 184)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Wildlife, Nature, Documentary Series
David Attenborough travels the world from the rainforests of Costa Rica to the snowy Scottish Highlands to reveal the extraordinary and never-before-seen ways animals use colour.
The natural world is full of colours. For us, they are a source of beauty, but for animals they are a tool for survival.
David Attenborough reveals the extraordinary ways in which animals use colour: to win a mate, to fight off rivals and to warn enemies.
In India, peacocks dazzle females with magnificent tail feathers; a tiny hummingbird in the deserts of North America unfurls his spectacular headdress as he dances for a mate; and in the darkness of a rainforest, powerful mandrill baboons signal their status with red and blue face masks, while tiny frogs warn of deadly poisons with brilliant colours.
New camera technologies - some developed especially for this series – also allow us to see colours and patterns usually invisible to human eyes.
Ultraviolet cameras reveal bright signals on a butterfly's wings and facial markings on yellow damselfish that are used as secret communication channels.
Some animals can also detect polarised light, and specialist cameras can now show us how fiddler crabs see the world, and how mantis shrimp have strange polarisation patterns on their bodies to signal to a mate or rival.
Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks Showdown
Channel: National Geographic Channel (DStv 181 / StarSat 220)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Reality
Three Northern captains return to the Outer Banks to compete with their southern rivals.
With Atlantic bluefin prices on the rise, the captains take big risks to catch in this dangerous fishery.
It's the battle of champions as the top boats from the North and South compete to catch their share of blue gold.
In the series premiere, "Northern Invasion": Northern champions face their Southern rivals in the hunt for bluefin tuna during the Outer Banks winter, where only the strong survive.
Vanderpump Rules 4
Channel: E! (DStv 124)
TX Time: 19h05
Genre: Docu-Reality
This season on Vanderpump Rules, Lisa is joined once again by Jax Taylor, Scheana Shay, Tom Sandoval, Ariana Madix, Katie Maloney, Tom Schwartz and Kristen Doute, along with James Kennedy.
On a mission to keep SUR one of the hottest restaurants in Los Angeles, Lisa is faced with the ongoing challenge of controlling her disorderly bartenders, servers, hostesses and bussers.
Jax is trying - and failing - to overcome his impulsive nature and stay on his best behavior for his new girlfriend(s), while Kristen's troubles with boyfriend James land her in uncharted relationship waters.
Meanwhile, as Tom Sandoval and Ariana's relationship grows deeper, some of their closest friendships shatter.
For Katie and Tom Schwartz, a big step forward in their relationship involves a ring without a string, but first they must deal with the lingering issues between them.
Newly married, Scheana quickly begins to fear her marriage may be on the rocks when she learns her husband has been keeping secrets.
To top it off, the group's world is turned upside down when a major player from their past re-emerges to settle unresolved scores.
In the Season 4 premiere, "Playtime's Over": Lisa Vanderpump vows to take SUR restaurant to new heights.
Scheana throws a costume party for her 30th birthday, but when Kristen shows up Ariana and Sandoval accuse Scheana of being a fake friend.
James's reckless behaviour threatens his DJ career, Schwartz realises he's ready to commit to Katie, and a visit from Jax's mother offers rare insight into his life before SUR.
In the second episode of the weekday double bill, "New Blood": When Lisa brings new blood to the shark-infested waters of SUR, Katie and Scheana quickly teach new girl Lala that there's no such thing as a secret at Lisa's restaurant.
Rumours spread that James was unfaithful to Kristen, and Kristen must make a tough choice about who to believe.
Jax imports a new girlfriend from Kentucky and Scheana continues to feel the heat from Ariana over her friendship with Kristen.
Forged in Fire 9
Channel: HISTORY (DStv 186)
TX Time: 20h15
Genre: Reality Competition
Forged in Fire is back with a new season of the show, and a new competition kicks off.
The best bladed weapon-makers in the country go head-to-head building everything from Viking battle axes to Samurai swords to Indian claw daggers.
There will be new weapons and contestants weekly and stunning tests of their creations.
In each stand-alone episode, four new contestants battle it out in a quest to prove they can build a particular weapon better than anyone else, and they're doing it by hand.
This is the show that turns the craftsmanship, legend and excitement of weapons-building into an against-the-clock battle of wits, resourcefulness and ingenuity.
Contestants compete over a series of elimination challenges using the "garage" of tools provided.
Each challenge centres on fabricating a component of the overall weapon.
Judged by an esteemed panel of unimpeachable weapons experts, the race to create the episode's weapon of choice is a journey through weapon history under "Mission Impossible" time constraints with an explosive finale.
The winner leaves with $10,000 cash and the coveted title of Forged in Fire Champion.
This season they are forging everything from ninja blades to wilderness blades, to Sawback machetes.
The smiths will also go head to head in a five-episode event where the forge is transformed into a Gladiator's arena for an epic competition unlike anything before.
Who will become the first Gladiator of the Forge?
Forged in Fire turns the craftsmanship, legend and excitement of weapons-building into an against-the-clock battle of wits, resourcefulness and ingenuity.
In the Season 9 premiere, "Crushed Car Challenge": In a new twist on the classic car challenge, four smiths have to create a knife from the most mangled mess of a vehicle ever seen on the forge floor.
After their weapons are driven to the brink in an intense round of testing, the two surviving smiths return to their home forges to recreate two of the most unique weapons from history: a matched set of curved katars.
In the end, only one smith's set of weapons will prevail, earning him $10,000 and the title of Forged in Fire champion.
Space Probes!
Channel: Curiosity Channel (DStv 185)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Documentary, Science, Nature
They’re out there, all alone in the vastness of space.
Join the space probes, and their parents back on Earth, to explore our solar system.