The Braxtons
Channel: Bravo Africa (DStv 124)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Docu-Reality
In this series the Braxton women reunite for the first time since the loss of their beloved sister, Traci, offering a raw and unfiltered look at the family's highs and lows across eight episodes.
Toni, Towanda, Trina, Tamar and Ms. E navigate careers, health challenges and busy personal lives while growing their family bond.
Toni faces a critical health challenge as she prepares for her Vegas comeback and Trina starts therapy for PTSD.
Towanda battles alopecia, Tamar focuses on her wellness journey and Ms. E's cooking show dream is becoming a reality.
However, the family reuniting continues to bring up questions and unresolved issues.
Will Traci's last wish be enough for the family to be close again, as they once were?
In the series premiere, "The Braxtons are Back!": The Braxton family reconnects to honor Traci's last wish to stay together.
Toni reveals some major health news ahead of her residency and Traci's son Kevin is going through a divorce that shocks everyone.
Meanwhile, the family decides to do family grief therapy.
Big Cat Planet
Channel: Nat Geo Wild (DStv 182 / StarSat 221)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Wildlife, Documentary
This global safari explores the resilience and adaptability of big cats.
When survival demands, their behaviour shifts in astonishing ways.
Cheetahs hunt from cars, jaguars stalk prey underwater and India's lions prowl city streets.
Beng'semathandweni
Channel: Mzansi Wethu (DStv 163)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Reality
Reality show offering an intimate glimpse into the lives of those who have been wronged in love.
Beng'semathandweni will examine how fairytale relationships fall apart due to betrayal.
This betrayal often leads to revenge and wrongdoing, as former lovers struggle with the pain and confusion of their broken relationships.
From the bliss of their initial romance to the eventual collapse of their bonds, Beng'semathandweni delves deep into a scorned lover's revenge story.
The show is a blend of revelations, confrontations and moments of dark humour.
The show is hosted by Dr. Khosi Jiyane, a therapist and life coach. Each episode will feature Dr. Jiyane guiding participants through a process of either reconciliation or confrontation.
One episode focuses on a Celestina who, after assuming her boyfriend was cheating on her because of her physical appearance, resorts to drastic measures out of insecurity.
In a moment of anger, Celestina resorts to using 'umuthi' on her boyfriend to make him love her more and only see her, but everything spirals out of control.
Now, she faces the difficult decision of confessing to him so they can begin the journey of undoing the ritual.
Beng'semathandweni offers a mix of real emotions and surprising twists, revealing the complex drama of love, betrayal and revenge.
In the series premiere: Slindile and Simphiwe's relationship took a turn when Simphiwe started disappearing and lying.
Slindile forgave Simphiwe, who promised to make amends. Now Slindile is harbouring a secret, and she's ready to come clean.
Ancient Aliens: Origins 2
Channel: HISTORY (DStv 186)
TX Time: 12h55
Genre: Documentary Series, Mystery
Ancient Aliens: Origins takes you back to where it all began by revisiting the most compelling mysteries explored over the past 15 years of Ancient Aliens.
In each episode, experts such as Giorgio Tsoukalos, David Childress, William Henry and Nick Pope engage in thought-provoking conversations on topics central to the Ancient Astronaut Theory.
From astonishing feats of engineering to enigmatic UFOs and sky gods, they delve deep into the series' extensive archive.
They reflect on past investigations, share personal insights from their adventures, and offer new perspectives on the ancient enigmas that have captivated humanity for centuries.
In the Season 2 premiere, "Extraterrestrial Teachers": Across time and cultures, from ancient Egypt and Sumeria to Mesoamerica and ancient India, civilizations have preserved remarkably similar accounts of sky beings who bestowed the foundational elements of civilization - language, mathematics, architecture, medicine and astronomy.
Were these cultures truly instructed by gods or, as Ancient Astronaut theorists suggest, by extraterrestrials?
And if so, could the breakthroughs of modern visionaries like Albert Einstein represent a continuing legacy of guidance from beyond our world?
Glitter & Gold: Ice Dancing
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Sport, Documentary Series, Docu-Reality
Ahead of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, go inside the high-stakes, high-drama world of ice dance as the sport's top couples skate for gold and glory.
From the team behind Simone Biles Rising, Glitter & Gold: Ice Dancing is a high-stakes docuseries that explores the passionate and sparkling world of competitive ice dance.
It's a place where lifelong partnerships (both romantic and platonic), relentless dedication and raw human emotion all collide with one goal: Olympic glory.
This dramatic three-part series follows the world's best ice dance pairs, including:
- American favourites Madison Chock and Evan Bates,
- campy Canadians Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier,
- and the wild cards, Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry from Team France.
Each episode will showcase their rollercoaster journey, on and off the ice, as they push the boundaries of their art form and compete head-to-head on the road to the upcoming 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina.
Louvre Heist: Minute by Minute
Channel: Investigation Discovery (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary
Discovery Channel dives deep into one of the most audacious and high-stakes crimes in modern history with its breaking news special, Louvre Heist: Minute by Minute.
Told in real time with gripping new details, this one-hour special reconstructs the daring robbery and jewellery heist that unfolded in broad daylight on 19 October, 2025 at the world-renowned Louvre Museum in Paris, France.
Exclusive witness testimony, expert forensic analysis, and detailed graphic reconstructions track the moment the thieves infiltrated the museum's perimeter and vanished with more than $100-million worth of priceless treasures.
As investigators race to recover France's Crown Jewels, the special explores theories about why the thieves targeted specific displays, who orchestrated this brazen operation and which fatal flaws in their plan ultimately led to their capture.
With unprecedented access to witnesses, criminologists, former security officials, and art historians, it will be revealed how the heist was executed, why the Louvre was left so vulnerable, and whether this crime signals a new wave of art heists sweeping through Paris.
Inside the Heist
Channel: Investigation Discovery (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h55
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series
True crime documentary series revealing the stories behind the most daring and audacious robberies in the world.
Detectives and former robbers get to the heart of the most daring and audacious heists to reveal the planning, personalities and ingenuity involved in walking away with untold riches.
These are the boldest robberies carried out by the criminal elite.
Explore the planning, the personalities and the ingenuity involved in walking away with untold riches.
In the series premiere, "The Millennium Diamonds": A South London gang plans to make history by stealing a priceless diamond on display at the Millennium Dome in a daring daylight robbery.
House Hunters: Amazing Water Homes 4
Channel: HGTV (DStv 177)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Reality, Lifestyle
What happens when you combine a love of the water with imagination and innovation? The answer is the most incredible water homes around the world.
In this series host Rebecca Budig explores spectacular waterfront properties, from a private waterpark in Ohio to a houseboat with all the luxuries of a landlocked mansion.
These homeowners are mad on H2o, and they've designed their homes to pay homage to water.
There are pools that run through the entire home, a state-of-the-art water retreat in Arizona and a residential aquarium in London, and a remote coast guard base in the middle of the Atlantic.
These places and more gives whole new meaning to waterfront living.
In the Season 4 premiere, "Remote Living in Costa Rica": A couple's ready to relocate from a rainy Vancouver to a waterfront home in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
They're looking for easy ocean access, and he wants something modern that's near town, but she prefers a place with Spanish style that's more remote.
In the second episode of the weekly double bill, "Dream in Dominican Republic": Now that their kids are school aged, a couple is ready to find the perfect property in Cabarete, Dominican Republic.
He's always wanted a large house in an oceanfront community, but she prefers to find a smaller place and stay within a budget.
Ruby & Jodi: A Cult of Sin and Influence
Channel: TLC Entertainment (DStv 135)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series
This four-part docuseries offers unprecedented insight into the motivations and disturbing relationship between former mommy vlogger Ruby Franke and rogue therapist Jodi Hildebrandt.
Delving into Hildebrandt and Franke's relationship from both women's respective rise to power and extensive influence within the Mormon community to their eventual arrests in 2023, the docuseries charts the magnetic connection between the two.
It explores how the melding of Franke's strict family values with Hildebrandt's controversial beliefs created a microcosm of control, manipulation and brutality that led to the devastating emotional and physical abuse of the Franke children.
Ruby & Jodi: A Cult of Sin and Influence offers extensive insight into Jodi Hildebrandt's rise to power within the Mormon community through her popular ConneXions program - and how that program led her to Franke and laid the foundation for the twisted bond they shared.
Featuring extensive interviews with former clients, the series underscores the extent of Hildebrandt's cult-like and manipulative tactics that devastated the lives of the individuals who entrusted her with their struggles in hopes of helping themselves and their marriages.
Offering additional and exclusive insight from Hildebrandt's niece, Jessi Hildebrandt, the docuseries underscores Hildebrandt's manipulative and dangerous tendencies and how, when combined with Franke's strict family values, they created an environment rife with manipulation, control and abuse.
The series features:
- extensive archival and police footage,
- commentary from local journalists who covered the case,
- and influential Mormon and ex-Mormon voices,
It chronicles Hildebrandt and Franke's doomed partnership and the dangerous, disturbing results of unchecked influence to reveal the physical and psychological impact of their abusive actions.
Lone Star Law 6
Channel: Real Time (DStv 155)
TX Time: 23h20
Genre: Reality
Lone Star Law is back for a new season, following Texas Game Wardens as they preserve and protect the natural resources of Texas.
The game wardens patrol the largest state in the lower 48 by truck, boat and plane, searching for lost hunters, rescuing injured bald eagles, investigating wildlife trafficking, recovering drowning victims, catching illegal night hunters, and more.
From wrestling alligators in the east and checking commercial fishermen in the Gulf, to catching poachers taking more than their fair share of dove, deer, pronghorn and duck, they're always on the move.
In the Season 6 premiere, "Family Lies": It's the start of hunting season, dubbed the "Holy Day for Game Wardens".
Wardens Inman and Eddins investigate the illegal shooting of two deer; Wardens Stapleton and McGee swap out some bass in the Bois d'Arc Lake.