Rosemary's Hitlist
Channel: Mzansi Magic (DStv 161)
TX Time: 22h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series
Cop Rosemary Ndlovu may have sworn to protect, but what she did instead shocked South Africa.
This is the story of her crime spree, a true crime documentary series about cop-turned-serial-killer Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu.
In 2021, Ndlovu was sentenced to six concurrent life terms for a string of murders.
What drove this policewoman, sworn to protect, to kill?
In the series premiere, "The Policewoman": A man from a rural village is found brutally murdered - the boyfriend of a local policewoman, Rosemary Ndlovu.
A fellow policeman's suspicions are raised and he follows the clues, leading to a startling discovery.
Verbode Liefde
Channel: kykNET & kie (DStv 145)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Telenovela, Afrikaans
The beautiful Zümrüt carries the burden of looking after her sick father, her mother and two sisters by working for the powerful Demirkan family.
In her quest for happiness, she must find a way through the deceptions, betrayals and secrets of the Demirkans' world as she seeks a path towards love.
Adil Demirkan is in love Zümrüt, but she views him more like an older brother and is secretly in a relationship with his nephew Serhat.
Zümrüt and Serhat are planning to marry after his military service. However, her world falls apart when she hears that he has died on active duty.
Believing him dead, Zümrüt can no longer resist the pressure from her mother to marry the wealthy Adil.
But Serhat appears just as she and Adil make their wedding vows and there is a further twist of fate when Adil is killed by an unknown assailant on their wedding night.
Zümrüt is now deeply resented by Serhat and discovers that Adil's older brother wants her for himself.
As she strives to survive amid the scheming and plotting in the Demirkan mansion, she and Serhat will make discoveries which will transform how they view both those around them, and each other.
Sue Pyler is the Afrikaans voice of Zümrüt and Rowlen von Gericke is Serhat's voice.
Charl van Heyningen voices the role of Selim and David Johnson is the voice of Adil.
Other voice actors include Karin Retief as Azimet, Marijke Coetzer as Doné, Natasja Jacobs as Fitnat, Danielle Retief as Meliha, Sanli Jooste as Nevcihan, André Retief as Rustem, Alicia van Emmenis as Saniye, Mari Molefe as Suhandan and Elma Potgieter as Ulfet.
Verbode Liefde's orginal Turkish title is Zümrüdüanka; the English title is The Phoenix.
The Watchful Eye
Channel: Disney+
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Psychological thriller which follows Elena Santos, a young woman with a complicated past, maneuvering her way into working as a live-in nanny for an affluent family in Manhattan.
She quickly learns that everyone in the mysterious building has deadly secrets and ulterior motives.
What they don't know, however, is that Elena has some shocking secrets of her own.
In the series premiere, "Hen in the Fox House": A young woman is thrust into the world of old money and deadly secrets after accepting a nanny job from a handsome widower.
Essequibo: Hidden River
Channel: Curiosity Channel (DStv 185)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Nature, Wildlife, Documentary Series
Deep in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, shrouded in thick clouds and virtually undetectable from the air, is an undiscovered world: the Essequibo - one of South America's largest rivers.
Uncharted and wild, it flows a thousand miles through impassable gorges and dramatic waterfalls.
Now, for the first time, a team of filmmakers and scientists explore this lost and mysterious world – an adventure through impenetrable jungles and treacherous swamps with strange plants, animals and unknown Amazon tribes.
The Vast Delta
The mighty Essequibo River holds many secrets.
Rising in Guyana's Acarai Mountains near the Brazilian border, it flows north for about 1,000 kilometres through rainforest and savanna until finally reaching the Atlantic Ocean.
That's where the journey starts: the impressive estuary is dotted with numerous small islands where fruit and vegetables for Guyana's capital Georgetown are grown.
Then, it's time to travel upstream into endless wilderness, finally reaching the breathtaking Kaieteur Falls.
The Raging Torrent
From Kaieteur Falls, the journey to the legendary source of Essequibo River continues.
However, it soon proves to be a dangerous adventure — even for the experienced team with countless rapids and waterfalls along the route.
The further they travel upstream, the less populated the country becomes.
On their way, they cross unspoiled landscapes, discover rare species and plants and get in touch with indigenous people.
But finally, the team is forced to make a detour via Guyana's wild south...
The Mysterious Source
The teams' mission is to discover the Essequibo's source which is hidden deep in the Acarai Mountains on the border to Brazil.
However, the last leg turns out to be the most challenging: not only do the experts have to deal with the unpredictable moods of Mother Nature, but also with the dense jungle and finally breakout of fever in their camp.
Will they have to end their expedition before finding the mysterious source of the Essequibo that belongs to the last blank spots on the world map?
WHAM!
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Documentary, Music
Through archival interviews and footage, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley relive the arc of their Wham! career, from '70s best buds to '80s pop icons.
In 1982, the best of friends and still teenagers - George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley as WHAM! - set out to conquer the world.
By June of 1986 they played their very last gig at Wembley Stadium having done exactly that.
Now for the very first time, told in their own words, the amazing story of how in four years they dominated the charts around the world with timeless and classic pop songs.
Hit after hit - Club Tropicana, Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, Freedom, I'm Your Man and of course Last Christmas.
Their time in the spotlight was white-hot, becoming the very first western pop act to play in China.
It was a time that both encapsulated and epitomised not just their youth, but also those of the many millions of fans that adored them.
WHAM! is a feature length documentary that captures this magical time.
With unprecedented access to both George and Andrew's personal archive including remarkable and never-before-seen footage, alongside rare, candid and previously unheard interviews, WHAM! charts their incredible journey from school friends to superstars.