Children of Captain Africa
Channel: TNT Africa (DStv Channel 137)
TX Time: 19h20
Genre: Documentary
Long before Wakanda captured the world's imagination, African creators were building their own superhero universes, rich with ancestral wisdom, urban grit and mythic power.
From Captain Africa to Kwezi and Mighty Man, these homegrown heroes have reflected the continent's diverse cultures.
This documentary shines a spotlight on the artists behind the masks and capes.
The show journeys through Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe and beyond, meeting the writers, illustrators and publishers who are reshaping the genre from the ground up.
The title pays tribute to Captain Africa, a superhero created by Ghanaian Andy Akman in the 1980s, widely regarded as one of the continent's first comic book icons.
From the bustling streets of Lagos to the creative hubs of Johannesburg, Children of Captain Africa introduces you to a vibrant cast of comic book creators who are reclaiming African heroism.
Mohale Mashigo, an award-winning author and comic book writer based in Cape Town, brings her signature storytelling flair to the documentary.
In Rustenburg, North West Province, siblings Omphile and Phemelo Dibodu, co-founders of Rainbow Nation Comics, share the origin story of Young Nelson, a contemporary South African superhero designed to inspire and empower local youth.
Across the border in Zimbabwe, Bill Masuku, creator of Captain South Africa, offers a fresh take on pan-African heroism.
Nigeria's comic scene is equally dynamic, with Jide Martin, founder of Comic Republic, leading a new wave of Afrocentric publishing.
From Lagos to Cape Town, Harare to Nairobi, this is a story for every African dreamer, creator and fan.
Small Claims Showdown
Channel: Mzansi Wethu (DStv 163)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Reality
Small Claims Showdown takes you inside a mediation room where real people bring their unresolved small claims disputes.
These range from unpaid debts and broken agreements to relationship fallouts and neighbourhood tensions.
The show is hosted by Alphi Mkhwanazi (Stina), who will also serve as the intake clerk and guide for each case.
Alongside him is advocate Petronella Nkosi, who facilitates the resolution process, helping frustrated parties navigate conflicts involving unpaid debts, contractual issues and more.
Every episode has the Commissioner offering the final advice, legal insight and recommended resolution for the parties and they move forward with informed decisions and move forward with clarity and closure.
Body in the Water
Channel: CBS Justice (DStv 170 / StarSat 222)
TX Time: 09h20
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series
This series explores some of the most complex cases in which murderers dumped their victims in water in an attempt to conceal their crimes.
From septic tanks to swimming pools, bathtubs to open lakes and even bodies washed up miles away from the crime scene or found out at sea, each episode dives into one chilling case to discover what it took to track down the killer.
Water forensic experts, supported by criminal psychologists and pathologists reveal the complex forensics that the disposal of bodies in water present, how they complicate an investigation and what detectives and investigators have to do to piece together the evidence – often a race against time.
The series also reveals the psychology and motivation behind how and why killers chose to dispose of their victims in water – all hoping by doing so they'd never have to face the consequences of their actions.
In the series premiere, "A Finding in the Loch": Police divers training in Loch Lomond, Scotland discover human body parts.
But when their prime suspect goes on the run, detectives face a battle to put the killer behind bars.
Weird or What? with William Shatner 3
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 3 premiere, "Amazing Survival": Three incredible stories of people who cheated death.
On 9/11, a man survives impossible odds in the collapse of the World Trade Center; a Texas man is cut in two by a freak rail accident; and a safari guide in Zimbabwe is savagely attacked by a hippo but lives to tell his story.