Black Gold
Channel: BET (DStv 129)
TX Time: 18h30
Genre: Telenovela
Telenovela that centres around Amandla Zungu, a principled and passionate daughter of the soil, whose life is shattered when her beloved father is murdered, and she is falsely accused of the crime by her stepmother.
The story follows her journey to reclaim her power, legacy and land.
At its heart, the series asks: what if a woman, betrayed and stripped of everything, had to become as ruthless as her enemy to reclaim her rightful place - only to discover that power, once seized, is a force as corrupting as it is intoxicating?
Can Amandla outmanoeuvre the woman who stole everything from her, or will Florence tighten her grip and crush Amandla beneath the very land she once vowed to protect?
Set in the heart of KwaZulu-Natal, Black Gold follows the journey of Amandla Zungu (Nomalanga Shozi).
Amandla is cast out of her ancestral home after being falsely accused of her father's murder.
Her stepmother, Florence (Dawn Thandeka King), orchestrates the betrayal, while Sello Maake Ka-Ncube stars as Tom Motsepe, Florence's secret lover and co-conspirator.
Black Gold also champions empowering female narratives, featuring strong women who navigate and challenge the male-dominated worlds of mining and business.
From Amandla's rise as a revolutionary to Florence's ruthless grip on power, the series highlights the resilience, complexity and strength of women in the face of adversity.
The supporting cast includes Zamani Mbatha as Zakhele Motsepe, a conflicted heir torn between love and legacy.
Nomsa Buthelezi plays MaBrrr, a brothel queen with a sharp tongue and a haunted past.
Warren Masemola plays the role of Kotsi, a rebel leader whose intellect is as dangerous as his rage.
Ernest Ndlovu portrays Bhekumbuso Zungu, the visionary patriarch whose murder ignites the central conflict.
Other cast members include Ashleigh Herman as Starlight, a glamorous hostess with a mysterious past.
Zinhle Sithole portrays Abongwe Zungu, a sharp-witted teen navigating grief and rebellion.
Siphesihle Vazi appears as Ma-a Motsepe, a flashy party boy with a hidden yearning for purpose, while Thulani Mtsweni is Majika, the loyal supervisor of The Ch!las Lounge.
The cast also includes Lwazi Dlamini as Siyabonga Zungu, Mbaliyesizwe Ngiba as Faith Motsepe, Warren van Rooyen as Detective Scheepers, Sikhulile Mgaga as Bancane, Francois Jacobs as Twakkie, Robert Wood as Kobie and Michelle Ayden as Susana.
Black Gold is produced by Black Brain Pictures.
TVSA Show Page: Black Gold
Watson
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Drama, Medical Drama
Watson takes place six months after the death of the titular character's friend and partner Sherlock Holmes at the hands of Moriarty.
The show stars Morris Chestnut as Dr. John Watson, who resumes his medical career as the head of a clinic dedicated to treating rare disorders.
Watson's old life isn't done with him, though - Moriarty and Watson are set to write their own chapter of a story that has fascinated audiences for more than a century.
Watson is a medical show with a strong investigative spine, featuring a modern version of one of history's greatest detectives as he turns his attention from solving crimes to solving medical mysteries.
New channel Star Khanya debuts
Channel: Star Khanya (DStv 160 / Openview 114)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Telenovela
DStv and Openview debuts Star Khanya this Monday 18 August at 18h00 - a new Star Life spin-off channel featuring a line-up of eight Indian series dubbed into isiZulu with English subtitles.
For all the titles and times, go here:
Companion pack! New isiZulu-dubbed Bollywood channel Star Khanya
Wie Weet Wat? 2
Channel: VIA (DStv 147)
TX Time: 17h00
Genre: Game Show, Afrikaans
This game show pits three contestants against each other in a high-stakes competition to accumulate the most money across three strategic rounds.
Starting with no money, contestants buzz in to gain advantages and allocate questions or categories to their opponents, earning money for correct answers.
Stakes rise in each round, with the final round introducing wagers from their pots.
The contestant with the most money at the end wins and advances, while others face elimination or potential redemption.
Combining general knowledge, tactical decision-making and risk-taking, the show delivers intense, edge-of-your-seat entertainment for contestants and viewers alike.
The show is hosted by Abduragman Adams.
Weird or What? with William Shatner 2
Channel: HISTORY (DStv 186)
TX Time: 19h25
Genre: Documentary Series, Supernatural, Paranormal, Mystery
Hosted by William Shatner, each episode of Weird or What? contains three separate stories of the bizarre and unexplained.
As the show unfolds, it weighs various supernatural and scientific theories that attempt to explain the story, and sometimes features tests conducted as proof of a theory's plausibility.
The show features strange occurrences such as aliens, ghosts, monsters and natural disasters.
In the Season 2 premiere, "Alien Encounters": All over the planet, strange events suggest that aliens are among us.
In Colorado, a farmer discovers a cow mysteriously mutilated by unknown forces, and it's a phenomenon that's been reported by farmers around the globe.
A Texas man is repeatedly abducted from his bed and, like thousands of people worldwide, claims he is the subject of extraterrestrial experiments.
And, in Ohio, an astronomer's powerful telescope intercepts a mysterious message from outer space that could be the most important broadcast in history.
Gold Divers 6
Channel: Discovery Family (DStv 136)
TX Time: 10h10
Genre: Reality
How do you land the biggest cleanup in Gold Divers history? In short: gamble.
It's the start of the summer mining season, and the dredgers of Nome, Alaska, face a new reality.
With gold on the trusted Tomcod claim growing scarce, the miners risk everything to strike pay dirt.
From state-of-the-art technology to untested remote claims, millions of dollars have been invested, which means the miners of Gold Divers face pressure like never before.
This season, no one takes bigger risks than the Pomrenke family.
Shawn, aka Mr. Gold, ventures 100 miles to an unproven claim at "The Bluff" while his father sinks the family fortune into a new inland mining operation.
Meanwhile, despite owning her own dredge, The Eroica, Emily Riedel has trouble scrounging up a crew.
Her former flame Zeke Tenhoff would rather mine for a large corporation than spend one more season on the water with Emily.
On the Reaper, Brad Kelly has big plans to strike it rich by purchasing 40 acres of off-shore claims, but first needs to convince his sons to bury the hatchet and rejoin the family business.
Meanwhile, Vernon Adkison feels pressure from investors when he struggles to find a ship to launch his "golden seahorse," and veteran miner Derek McLarty spends every penny he has to join the ranks as captain of his own brand new, guitar-shaped dredge: the High Noon.
In the Season 6 premiere, "The Gamble": This summer, with the mining grounds picked clean, the fleet bets it all on new tech, new claims, and new opportunities.
Shawn must deal with dad before hitting the Bluff, Brad attempts to bring his family back together with the promise of an adventure.
Coastal Killers 7
Channel: CBS Justice (DStv 170)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series
Perhaps it's the sea air or too much sun.
But despite the jollity associated with sandcastles and ice creams, breezy promenade walks and donkey rides, many British seaside towns have a dubious reputation for hosting the most remarkable crimes.
Some of the most strange and terrifying murders ever recorded in British criminal history have taken place at the famous seaside resorts.
These include the grand hotels playing host to some of the deadliest murderers imaginable, and the seafronts doubling as stalking grounds for the serial killers.
Every summer, thousands of holidaymakers flock to the British seaside to enjoy the warm weather, pebble beaches and amusement arcades.
But there's a dark side to the British seaside, a sinister underbelly where sins are washed away by the tide.
The quaint and idealistic seafront is also stalked by killers who, like the sea itself, have no respect for human life.
This new season of Coastal Killers takes you on a journey to the cliff's edge, where the land meets the sea, and where life meets death.
At first glance, these seaside towns are all fun fairs, candy floss and breezy promenades.
Equally, when the carousel stops turning and the lights along the shorefront go out, there emerges from the darkness an underworld of murder and mayhem.
In the Season 7 premiere, "Craig Belcher: The Night Clerk": Kirsty Carver worked as a civilian employee of the Humberside Police.
One night after breaking up with her boyfriend she disappeared. A month later her body was discovered.
Her killer would be revealed as Craig Belcher, night clerk of a local petrol station.