Niggies
Channel: kykNET (DStv 144)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Drama, Period Drama, Miniseries, Afrikaans
Niggies (Cousins) is a miniseries based on true events which tells the story of two 12-year-old cousins who were kidnapped and murdered in 1965 in the sleepy town of Odendaalsrus in the Free State.
Issie's brother, André, swears to do everything in his power to bring the culprit to book, but it would take him almost 20 years.
Niggies begins with the double abduction and murder of Issie Fourie and Petro Nel in Odendaalsrus in 1965, but the series stretches across the 1960s and 1980s, with South Africa still in the steely grip of Apartheid.
The action takes place in Odendaalsrus, Allanridge and Kroonstad in the north-eastern Free State.
Government censorship kept the white minority in the dark about the real turmoil of the time, making events like the Fourie-Nel murder even more of a seismic shock in a conservative part of a conservative country.
Beer Adriaanse plays the role of the older André and newcomer Janru Steenkamp plays young André.
Carel Nel is Captain At van Wyk, who leads the investigation.
Tinarie van Wyk Loots and Jacques Bessenger play Issie's (Lané Vertue) parents, Marie and Dries Fourie.
Neels Clasen and Erica Wessels are the parents of Petro (Izebella Louw), Henning and Ousus.
Petro's older sister, Henda, is played as a 17-year-old by Anja Taljaard and as a 35-year-old by Cintaine Schutte.
Albert Pretorius and Roeline Daneel star as Gustaff and Maks Fouché - close relatives of the victims.
Other actors include Jana Kruger, Liam Bosman, Wessel Pretorius, Daneel van der Walt, Stian Bam, Ludwig Binge, Mbulelo Grootboom, Neels van Jaarsveld, Melissa Myburgh, Deon Lotz, Michele Burgers and Emma Nelson.
TVSA Show Page: Niggies
Con Mum
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary
A chef's life is upended when a jet-setting, champagne-sipping, hotel-hopping woman claims to be his mother.
This documentary reveals the untold story.
World War II: Secrets from Above 3
Channel: National Geographic Channel (DStv 181 / StarSat 220)
TX Time: 20h30
Genre: Documentary Series, History
As we fly above the infamous battle sites of D-Day and Dunkirk, soar over hidden Nazi bunkers, and glide across lost battleships and sunken shipwrecks – this new series exposes secrets of World War Two - in a brand-new way.
Through a unique aerial perspective – with exclusive access to key locations today and by matching them to historic aerial archive imagery - we will 'fly back in time' to recount daring raids and deadly battles in a way that has never been seen before.
In the Season 3 premiere, "Hunt for Hitler's Bismarck": May 1941: The new Nazi battleship Bismarck sets out to destroy Allied convoys in the Atlantic.
It is up to the Royal Navy to stop it in its tracks.
Death in Paradise 6
Channel: S3
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Comedy-Drama, Police Procedural
DI Humphrey Goodman is finally settled on the beautiful island of Saint Marie, but he can't help feeling that something's missing from his life...
When Humphrey decides that buying a boat is the answer to his problems, Dwayne correctly diagnoses a mid-life crisis – the real root of Humphrey's malaise is his lack of love life.
Confident there's a formula to finding love, Humphrey enlists the help of Florence, only to discover the complexities of dating are more confusing than any case he's tried to crack.
Humphrey's deductive powers may not be much use on the singles scene but, back on the job, his considerable intellect and experience are tested to the full, as he faces some of the island's most perplexing murders yet.
In the Season 6 premiere, "Erupting in Murder": The death of a scientist on the side of a live volcano proves a difficult case to crack for Humphrey and his team when everything appears to point to a death from natural causes.
Chelsea Handler: The Feeling
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Comedy, Special
In her third Netflix comedy special, Chelsea Handler takes the stage recounting her own birth, unexpected encounters, her adolescent business ventures and a frenzy of ill-timed events all motivated by "the feeling".
From ruining Thanksgiving to a wild summer fling, Chelsea also recounts coming of age, unexpected encounters and that time she met Bill Cosby.