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2025 National Arts and Culture Awards

Channel: SABC1
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Awards
 
The National Arts and Culture Awards honour key contributors and outstanding achievements in South Africa’s creative fields.

The event celebrates excellence in theatre and poetry performance, film, literature, design, visual arts and heritage, highlighting their unique impact on the nation’s creative identity. 

The ceremony airs live from the Sun City Superbowl and the broadcast begins with a red carpet at 19h30, hosted by Zola Nombona and Palesa Mosiea.

Katlego Maboe and Tracey Lange will host the ceremony.

The nominees and categories are as follows:
 

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Destination X

Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Adventure



In this travel competition series, Europe is turned into a real-life gameboard as complete strangers are invited to participate in the trip of a lifetime and the ultimate geo-guessing contest.

These adventurous players will traverse each country on a blacked-out Destination X bus with the goal of figuring out where the "X" they are each week.

In each episode, the players disembark the bus to visit unique and unfamiliar tourist attractions that have been gamified into experiential challenges.

They will need to rely on their knowledge of pop culture, history, geography and observational skills to win clues to their current location and earn an all-important advantage.

Contestants must tap into their own personal expertise, identify hidden clues that are disguised as artifacts and discern intentional misdirects from competitors to ultimately determine their whereabouts.

Gamemaster and host Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead) has a few tricks up his sleeve, from mind games and pivotal ultimatums to introducing two familiar faces - JaNa Craig (Love Island) and Peter Weber (The Bachelor, The Traitors), who hop on the adventure bus and change the trajectory of the game.

At the end of each episode, designated contestants must enter the Map Room and place their X on the map to indicate where in the world they think they are.

The furthest from the actual location is sent packing.

The final player standing at the end of the tour will find Jeffrey at the ultimate Destination X and win $250,000.

Each player's strategic gameplay is tested as they eat, sleep and travel together through Europe's most desirable locations on the Destination X bus.

The players each share an unmistakable sense of wanderlust, but with constantly shifting alliances and unexpected adversaries, they're forced to discover who they can trust, whose strengths will take them the farthest, and who to send to the Map Room.
 

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Madagascar: Africa's Galapagos

Channel: Nat Geo Wild (DStv 182 / StarSat 221)
TX Time: 13h30
Genre: Wildlife, Documentary



The island of Madagascar is home to a wide range of endemic and bizarre species; secretive and rarely filmed inhabitants, from the apex predator, the fossa, to the aye aye - possibly one of the weirdest creatures on Earth.

Explore the wondrous array of species that live on Madagascar.

Learn how tectonic forces and continental drift created this unique island habitat, giving rise to some of the most exotic species on the planet, including fossa, indri, lemurs and more.
 

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Africa's Secret Creatures

Channel: Nat Geo Wild (DStv 182 / StarSat 221)
TX Time: 14h35
Genre: Wildlife, Documentary



This film reveals the hidden world of seven enigmatic animals as they navigate the challenges of survival in Kruger National Park.

Over a 24-hour period, we uncover the clandestine lives of the African wildcat, serval, aardvark, pangolin, genet, civet and porcupine, creatures seldom witnessed in action, let alone captured on film.

Set against the backdrop of the Thornybush Game Reserve, these elusive animals coexist with a formidable resident lion pride and a number of opportunistic leopards.

Their survival hinges on acute senses honed to perfection.

The aardvark is a master of deception as it listens for danger buried beneath the earth, while the serval's keen sense of hearing guides its every move.

Smell becomes a lifeline for the pangolin and the genet, as they detect both peril and sustenance in the vast wilderness.

Camouflage emerges as their silent ally, rendering them nearly invisible to the prowling predators.

Yet, when concealment fails, they unleash hidden talents for escape and defence.

Speed and agility save the genet and serval from perilous pursuits, while the aardvark's swift digging offers a path to safety.

Those unable to flee rely on formidable defences, from the impenetrable armour of the pangolin to the menacing quills of the porcupine.

As midnight falls, we continue to watch their lives unfold, witnessing their cunning strategies under the cover of darkness.

Each animal employs its own unique tactics to outsmart the relentless predators.

This is a glimpse into the covert world of some of Africa's smaller creatures, where survival hinges on secrecy and cunning.
 

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The Flood

Channel: Nat Geo Wild (DStv 182 / StarSat 221)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Wildlife, Nature, Documentary Series



The Okavango is one of the most diverse habitats on Earth.

This is a place of spectacular natural dramas where the fortunes of tens of thousands of animals each year are controlled by one ruler - The Great Flood.

As the great flood rides in on the sand, there's an explosion of new life as the Delta is transformed into a water wonderland.

The miracle flood is at its peak and animals that once dominated the land are now constrained to small islands.

 

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Actors in this post: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zola Nombona, Katlego Maboe

Channels in this post: M-Net, Nat Geo Wild

Tags: Reality Competition,Adventure,Wildlife,Documentary,Nature,Documentary Series

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