Helderberg
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Documentary Series, Mystery
Just after midnight on 28 November, 1987, Mauritian air traffic control lost contact with South African Airways Flight SA 295, shortly after it had started its approach to the island's Plaisance Airport, en route from Taipei to Johannesburg.
After being unable to reach the plane again, an emergency was declared – but South Africa's worst-ever commercial aviation disaster had already taken place.
Almost four decades later, mystery still surrounds the exact cause of the fire which saw the Boeing 747, named 'Helderberg', impact the Indian Ocean and claim the lives of all 159 passengers and crew aboard.
Helderberg sets out to examine the events of the crash, and the 37 years that followed it.
Investigations began in the late '80s with retrieving the aircraft's wreckage from a greater depth than the Titanic had sunk to, an international investigation and a local inquiry, then continued into the '90s with private investigations and a special hearing at the TRC.
In the 2000s, multiple claims of new information, death bed confessions and modern theories for the crash continue to cast an air of uncertainty on the fate of SA295: was it simply an accident, or an act of treachery?
Over the course of three episodes, Helderberg outlines the incident and delves deeper into the back story, with insights from first hand witnesses and participants in the investigation.
These include former Department of Civil Aviation Lead Investigator Rennie van Zyl, forensic scientist Dr David Klatzow, authors Mark D Young and Steven Webb, former SAA staff, and family of the victims – all still in search of the truth.
In the series premiere: In 1987, SAA Flight SA295 is reported overdue at Mauritius.
The worst aviation disaster in South African history has taken place, and all answers to the mystery lie deep underwater.
Bet
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Drama
Bet follows the students at a boarding school for the global elite, where underground gambling determines the school's hierarchy.
The series is a live-action adaptation of the thriller manga Kakegurui.
A skillful new student with a cloudy past is shaking things up - and betting on revenge.
When Yumeko, a mysterious transfer student arrives, her gambling prowess puts her in the crosshairs of the powerful Student Council, while her secret quest for revenge threatens to upend the school's status quo entirely.
Neighborhood Wars 2
Channel: eReality (Openview 108)
TX Time: 17h00
Genre: Reality, Clip Show
With a record number of Americans trading city life for homes in the suburbs, relationships between neighbours are being put to the test.
Neighborhood Wars takes you into the homes and backyards of neighbours across the country with some of the most unexpected and emotionally-charged events caught on camera.
Featuring footage from cellphones, drones, home security cameras and more, the series showcases the kindness and conflict between real-life neighbours throughout the US.
In the Season 2 premiere, "Don't You Be My Neighbor": A Maryland woman allegedly sets her home on fire while a neighbour is inside, sitting in a lawn chair to watch it burn.
Overcompensating
Channel: Prime Video
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Comedy-Drama
Overcompensating is a college-set ensemble comedy about the wild, chaotic journey of Benny, a closeted former football player and homecoming king, as he becomes fast friends with Carmen, a high school outsider on a mission to fit in at all costs.
With guidance from Benny's older sister and her campus-legend boyfriend, Benny and Carmen juggle horrible hookups, flavoured vodka and fake IDs.
The show explores the lengths to which we all overcompensate while on the path to finding out who we really are.
Love, Death + Robots: Volume 4
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi, Horror
Dinosaur gladiators, messianic cats, string-puppet rock stars... it can only be Love, Death + Robots.
Otherworlds, naked giants and robots-gone-wild clash in this anthology of adult animated stories.
Terror, imagination and beauty combine in new episodes which stretch from uncovering an ancient evil to a comedic apocalypse, telling startling short stories of fantasy, horror and science-fiction with trademark wit and visual invention.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives 2
Channel: Disney+
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Docu-Reality
The scandalous world of a group of Mormon mom influencers implodes when they get caught in the midst of a swinging sex scandal that makes international headlines.
Now, their sisterhood is shook to its core. Faith and reputations are all on the line.
Friendships threaten to unravel as secrets, lies and allegations explode.
In a battle for the soul of #MomTok, will betrayal shatter the sisterhood, or will the truth set them free?
American Ninja Warrior 13
Channel: eReality (Openview 108)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Game Show
Back for another season, the world's most difficult obstacle course has raised the bar.
With thrilling new challenges and tougher competitors than ever, can another extraordinary ninja take home the ultimate $1-million prize?
The top 50 athletes will bring along two people from their communities to compete with them for a total of 150 competitors.
The season will feature an abridged format with multiple rounds: Qualifiers (6 obstacle course), Semi-Finals (10 obstacle course) and Finals (10 obstacle course + Power Tower playoff bracket).
To determine the winner during the Finals, the top eight ninjas will compete in a playoff bracket where they will race head-to-head on the Power Tower.
The winner will earn $100,000.
1923 2
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 21h05
Genre: Western, Period Drama
1923, the next installment of the Dutton family origin story, introduces a new generation of Duttons led by patriarch Jacob (Harrison Ford) and matriarch Cara (Helen Mirren).
The series is a prequel to the series Yellowstone and serves as a sequel to the series 1883.
1923 will explore the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home.
In the second season of 1923, a cruel winter brings new challenges and unfinished business to Jacob and Cara back at Dutton ranch.
With harsh conditions and adversaries threatening to end the Dutton legacy, Spencer embarks on an arduous journey home, racing against time to save his family in Montana.
Meanwhile, Alexandra sets off on her own harrowing trans-Atlantic journey to find Spencer and reclaim their love.
Vanderpump Rules 2 and 3
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Docu-Reality
Vanderpump Rules follows the passionate, volatile and hot-and-bothered-staff at Lisa Vanderpump's West Hollywood mainstay SUR.
Lisa balances her motherly instincts and shrewd business sense to keep control over this wild group of employees as they pursue their dreams and each other while working at her "Sexy, Unique Restaurant."
In the Season 2 premiere, "Tooth or Consequences": Lisa struggles to keep the unpredictable staff of SUR in line as they cater a Beverly Hills party for Kyle Richards.
Jax works to win Stassi back, Kristen deals with a shocking revelation in her relationship with Tom, and Scheana's birthday ends in a fight that once again turns SUR against her.