How to Ruin Love: The Lobola
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Comedy-Drama, Comedy, Miniseries
The next chapter in the How To Ruin franchise, which picks up where Zoleka and Kagiso's tangled love story left off in
How to Ruin Love: The Proposal.
As Zoleka and Kagiso's families prepare for the ultimate union, tradition, pride and secrets threaten to derail everything.
Between a meddling grandfather, troublesome uncles, opinionated rich aunt and one very famous makoti-to-be, How To Ruin Love: The Lobola proves that the price of love isn't just cows - it's patience, forgiveness and family drama.
Zoleka (Sive Mabuya) and Kagiso (Bohang Moeko) have finally sealed their engagement, but with the Dzana and Phatudi families on the verge of a merger - and the occasion taking on a global spotlight - the real showdown begins, and nothing can prepare them for what unfolds when these two opinionated clans collide.
The much-anticipated lobola negotiations quickly descend into chaos as both families grapple with their own internal dramas, and with the arrival of Zoleka's grandfather, Mzwamadoda (Zwelakhe Mtsaka), pandemonium accelerates.
The Phatudi family desperately attempt to measure up to the wealthy and sophisticated Dzana family, a task made harder by the self-proclaimed rich aunt, Doreen (Shoki Mmola), who is determined to assert herself as the Chief Negotiator of the family.
The late Meme Ditshego stars as Mbazo, a brilliant, strategic businesswoman whose fiercely charismatic, unhinged energy adds spice to the conflict in Zoleka and Kagiso's relationship, forcing Zoleka down a hilarious, self-destructive path.
TVSA Show Page: How to Ruin Love: The Lobola
Born to be Wild
Channel: Apple TV
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Wildlife, Documentary Series
A wildlife series narrated by Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey).
Filmed over several years across three continents, the six-part documentary series follows six endangered young animals as they grow up in our world but are destined to return to theirs.
From their earliest days through their journey to life in the wild, the series highlights the challenges, triumphs and resilience that define their survival, both for the animals and the extraordinary people working to raise and protect them.
As each animal finds its place in the world after being orphaned or born through conservation programs, Born to be Wild offers an intimate and emotional look at the powerful relationships between these animals and the heroic humans dedicated to raising, rehabilitating and rewilding them to help save their species.
Animals featured include an elephant calf and two young cheetahs, a ring-tailed lemur pup, a moon bear cub, Iberian lynx kittens and rescued African penguins.
Breakdown: 1975
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Documentary
America, 1975. An era of social and political upheaval inspires a wave of groundbreaking movies in this documentary from Oscar winner Morgan Neville.
In 1975, as America faced social and political upheaval, filmmakers turned chaos into art.
This documentary explores how a turbulent era gave rise to iconic movies like Taxi Driver, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Network, featuring insights from Martin Scorsese, Ellen Burstyn, Seth Rogen and more.
The show is narrated by Jodie Foster.
Showtrial 2
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Drama, Legal Drama, Anthology
Showtrial returns with a brand new cast and explosive murder investigation.
The new Showtrial will once again centre around a hotly contested criminal trial that divides the nation and takes place in the full glare of the media spotlight.
When the high-profile climate activist Marcus Calderwood is left for dead in a violent hit and run, he uses his dying moments to identify his killer - a serving policeman.
But who is this unnamed "Officer X"?
What does his own history reveal about the nature of trauma and revenge, and was Marcus's death a careless accident or cold-blooded murder?
From the victim's last breath to the jury's final verdict, Showtrial takes us into the worlds of the charismatic and cocky officer Justin Mitchell; Sam Gill, an anxious defence solicitor with a reputation for winning lost causes; and Leila Hassoun-Kenny, a rigorous CPS lawyer leading the case against the accused.
As public outrage reaches fever-pitch, Showtrial questions what happens when a trial is dominated by contentious issues and whether the truth is ever clear cut.
Is a fair trial possible when tensions are riding so high?
In the Season 2 premiere, "Officer X": When a climate activist is left for dead after a hit-and-run, he uses his dying words to name his killer - a serving police officer.
With the country divided, will defence solicitor Sam Malik take on the trial of the decade?
Mother, May I Murder? 2
Channel: Investigation Discovery (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series, Docu-Drama
What happens when nature's strongest bond between mother and child turns toxic?
This series explores exactly what happens when this connection turns deadly.
In seven shocking stories, lust, greed and jealousy drive mothers and their children to conspire with - and against - each other to kill.
With eyewitness accounts and home and police archives, this series pulls back the dark underbelly of American family life to unmask manipulation and murder.
From the extraordinary coast-to-coast crimes of a notorious mother-son grifter duo to shocking acts of revenge in small town America, Mother, May I Murder? reveals that the ties that bind families can also rip them apart.
In the Season 2 premiere, "Sex, Lies and Murder": A shooter kills a young mom in her own home, and they leave her body locked in a sexual pose.
Investigators suspect someone tries to shame her even in death, and as they dig deeper, they uncover intense family tensions with dark motives.
Unsolved - The Story of the Cape Ripper
Channel: eReality (Openview 108)
TX Time: 21h40
Genre: True Crime, Documentary, Docu-Drama
It's been two decades since a serial killer's reign of terror hit Cape Town's sex workers.
During the period 1992 - 1996, 26 workers were killed and their bodies dumped all over the peninsula.