Australian Survivor: Australia v The World
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Reality Competition
In this 16-day showdown, the Aussie Tribe – featuring returning local legends – goes head-to-head with the World Tribe, made up of standout players from international Survivor franchises.
Both tribes are stacked with strategic masterminds social game-changers, and physical powerhouses.
Set to participate in this first-of-its-kind competition are Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Finland, South Africa and the United States.
The season was filmed in Samoa and takes place over 15 days with 14 total contestants.
Representing South Africa is Island of Secrets winner Rob Bentele, on a tribe containing US Survivor legends Cirie Fields and Parvati Shallow.
This season will be the last for host Jonathan LaPaglia, who is being replaced by two-time Australian Survivor contestant David Genat, who is also in this season as a player.
Unfollowed 2
Channel: Mzansi Magic (DStv 161)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Interview Show
Unfollowed delves into the workings of cancel culture and social media through the real-life stories of media personalities, each shedding light on a unique aspect of the cancel culture phenomenon.
Each episode focuses on a different public figure, unpacking the controversies that have defined their lives and careers, offering a candid look at the complexities of fame in the digital age.
Season 2 is hosted by Spitch Nzawumbi, replacing Thembekile Mrototo from Season 1.
The first guest in the hot seat is Mel Viljoen, who gained fame as a cast member on The Real Housewives of Pretoria.
Since then, her personal life and business, Tammy Taylor Nails, have been surrounded by numerous accusations.
In the Season 2 premiere, Mel opens up about these allegations, sharing her side of the story and revealing how the controversies have deeply impacted her personal and professional life.
Also featured in this season are radio host Ngizwe Mchunu, Bongani Fassie (Brenda Fassie's son), traditional healer and DJ, Gogo Skhothane, hip-hop star Pitch Black Afro, media personality Bujy Bikwa, radio broadcaster Linda Sibiya and Pastor Mboro.
Each one bares their soul, revealing the devastating impact of shattered reputations and careers teetering on the edge.
Pride in Battle
Channel: Nat Geo Wild (DStv 182 / StarSat 221)
TX Time: 13h45
Genre: Wildlife, Documentary
Pride in Battle is the epic story of the rapidly-growing Xakanaxa pride as it battles to survive through one of the Okavango's harshest winters.
In a remote area of Botswana's Okavango Delta, two lion brothers emerge victorious as undisputed rulers of a large and formidable pride after a ferocious battle for dominance.
The new rulers bring security to this competitive, predator-rich area and five of the six lionesses soon give birth to 13 cubs within a short space of time.
Twenty-one adults and cubs now make up the group, and because of such a rapid expansion in their numbers, the adults concentrate their hunting efforts on the prey guaranteed to provide the most food – buffalo.
A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues.
As the lions struggle to survive through a harsh drought, will the shortage of the their main prey, buffalo, lead to the breakup of the pride or will the elephants of the area provide salvation?
Trapped: What is Happening to Wendy Williams?
Channel: TLC Entertainment (DStv 135)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Documentary
One of the most influential voices in radio, daytime television and pop culture, Wendy Williams built a storied career over her decades in the entertainment industry.
In 2022, following the end of her eponymous talk show and speculation around her mental and physical health, Williams entered into a guardianship.
The guardianship eventually revealed Williams was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and aphasia, and she was placed in a memory care facility in New York City.
Despite the guardianship's claims about Williams' current state, her fanbase has activated a #FreeWendy movement calling for Williams to have the opportunity to regain control of her life.
Trapped: What is Happening to Wendy Williams? goes inside this push for Williams' release, provides info into her rise to fame and influence on pop culture and chronicles the personal and professional struggles leading to her guardianship.
Trapped will feature access to journalists who have covered Williams throughout her career, medical and legal experts who weigh in on her current diagnosis and guardianship status, and extensive archival footage.
Trapped will also showcase an extensive interview with Yazmin Ramos, former Senior Producer on The Wendy Williams Show.
Ramos, who worked with Williams for 12 years from the inception of the show, offers insight behind the scenes of the series and into Williams' life in the public spotlight.
Through these interviews and archival footage from across Williams' career, as well as on-the-ground access to the #FreeWendy movement, Trapped offers a holistic look into Williams' push to regain control of her life.
Diarra from Detroit
Channel: BET (DStv 129)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Drama, Comedy-Drama, Mystery
A divorcing, overworked teacher finds herself drawn into a cold case after a dating app matches her with a man she suspects is the adult version of a boy abducted in the 90s.
The series follows a schoolteacher Diarra, who refuses to believe she's been ghosted by her rebound Tinder date.
Her search for the missing man pulls her into a decades-old mystery involving the Detroit underworld.
As the case unfolds, her co-workers, friends and lovers become unlikely allies as she falls down a dangerous rabbit hole.
Leopards of Dead Tree Island
Channel: Nat Geo Wild (DStv 182 / StarSat 221)
TX Time: 14h45
Genre: Wildlife, Documentary
A dramatic, real-life tale of three leopards plays out in Botswana's Okavango Delta, the prime habitat for Africa's most secretive big cat.
Leopards normally avoid each other but this island is the common hunting ground for all three individuals as they are drawn together by the changing seasons and the movement of their prey.
What unfolds is an in-depth look into their lives; following the tension, drama and, in the end, heart wrenching tragedy, as all three seek a common goal - to dominate one of the Okavango's most prized leopard territories.
Leopards of Dead Tree Island takes us on an unforgettable journey into the lives of these three cats.
Mosweo is a young mother who gave birth to two cubs during the abundance of summer. She is solitary by nature and takes on parenthood alone.
Will she be able to rear and defend her cubs in this challenging environment - competing with lions and hyenas and coping with floods and drought?
Buddah is the dominant male leopard of Dead Tree Island and the father of Mosweo's cubs, but he offers her no support or protection.
To further complicate matters Tipa, her previous offspring, still shares her same territory, competing for food and posing a threat to her new cubs.
He is now an independent three-year-old moving dangerously close to his mother's new den site.
He is an insider that she has tolerated so far. But, with the arrival of her new set of cubs he's become an adversary that needs to be dealt with.
Tipa also remains within his father's territory. Buddah's heavy frame and mauled ears allude to his age and stature.
He moves through Dead Tree island with confidence and entitlement, fighting off his most irritating of rivals – baboons.
Tipa's efforts to hunt and assert his own authority are clumsy and naïve in comparison.
The island covers the natural hunting grounds of all these secretive cats, they are drawn together by circumstances beyond their control leading to tension, drama and ultimately tragedy.
Mosweo loses one cub to a predator and then finds the last of her litter paralyzed and dying.
She tries everything in her power to comfort and revive her doomed offspring – but to no avail.
Mosweo is forced out of Dead Tree island when Buddah's attention strays towards an exciting new scent.
A new, stronger female has made her way into his territory and Mosweo tries desperately to divert his attention away from this new rival.
But the new female is in estrus and mates with Buddah, thereby cementing her own place among the group of leopards at Dead Tree Island.
The contrasting environments of the Okavango Delta provide a uniquely beautiful backdrop as this drama unfolds.