The Trials of Winnie Mandela
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Documentary Series
Freedom fighter, mother, wife, enigma.
South African icon Winnie Mandela's legacy is examined by her granddaughters in this documentary series.
Like most families, the Madikizela-Mandela family is complicated – complex characters and stories that hover between half-truths and never-spoken-about moments.
This is what her two granddaughters discover, when they go on a journey to find the essence of their grandmother.
But this is no ordinary grandmother. This is Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, one of South Africa's greatest feminist icons – a revered, global figure.
One whose legacy continues to remain shrouded in mystery and intrigue.
An icon embroiled in allegations of kidnapping, assault... and murder.
Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown
Channel: National Geographic Channel (DStv 181 / StarSat 220)
TX Time: 20h30
Genre: Documentary Series, Factual
The Chernobyl disaster is the worst nuclear accident in history, releasing 400 times more radiation into the atmosphere than the Hiroshima bomb.
On the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl meltdown this landmark series tells, for the very first time, the full story of the Chernobyl disaster, right up to the present-day war in Ukraine – in which the nuclear exclusion zone has become a war zone.
Through unseen archive and powerful new interviews, we'll uncover astonishing new perspectives on a story we think we all know.
With unique access to the exclusion zone – including the Chernobyl plant and the abandoned worker town of Prypiat - we'll return key interviewees to the place that changed their lives forever and discover why the story of Chernobyl isn't over yet...
In the series premiere, "Inferno": At 01h23 on 26 April, 1986 a massive explosion rips through reactor number four at Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Soviet Ukraine.
A safety test has triggered the worst nuclear accident in history, releasing 400 times more radiation into the atmosphere than the Hiroshima bomb.
While control room operators reel in shock, the nuclear plant's firefighters battle the blaze amidst lethal levels of radiation.
Just 3km away in the local town of Pripyat, Communist party officials encourage life to go on as normal.
Children go to school and couples get married while radiation rains down on them.
Meanwhile a giant radioactive cloud starts to circle the globe.
Episode 1 follows the first 24 hours of the disaster, with first-hand accounts from people desperately trying to make sense of an accident no one thought could ever happen.
In the second episode of the weekly double bill, "Cover-Up": On 28 April, fire still rages in what's left of reactor number 4.
Helicopter crews trying to put it out are bombarded by massive doses of radiation.
Soviet authorities finally order the evacuation of local residents, and 50,000 people are forced to leave their homes.
They are told to take enough for three days, but they will never come back.
Frontline firefighters suffering acute radiation burns are locked in wards controlled by the KGB. Many will die within days.
In Sweden high levels of radiation alert the rest of the world to a radioactive cloud sweeping across Europe – evidence of a massive nuclear accident in the USSR.
But the Soviet authorities remain silent.
Episode 2 charts the first two weeks after the meltdown, revealing the human cost of the accident, and the Soviet efforts to conceal the true scale of the disaster.
Stranger Things: Tales From '85
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi
Winter. Hawkins. 1985. Welcome back to a town crawling with secrets, where beloved heroes are facing fresh mysteries... and an all-new breed of strange.
Welcome back to Hawkins in the stark winter of 1985, where the original characters must fight new monsters and unravel a paranormal mystery terrorizing their town in an epic new animated series.
In the winter of 1985, snow blankets the town and the horrors of the Upside Down are finally fading.
Our heroes Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas and Max have settled back into a normal life of D&D, snowball fights and quiet days.
But beneath the ice, something terrifying has awakened.
Could it be from the Upside Down? From the depths of Hawkins Lab? Or from somewhere else entirely?
Our heroes must race to solve this mystery and save Hawkins in this new story set in the Stranger Things universe.
In die Sop 4: Gastehuisrevolusie
Channel: kykNET (DStv 144)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Reality Makeover, Reality, Afrikaans, Food
The focus in the fourth season shifts from restaurants to guest houses.
In die Sop: Gastehuisrevolusie shows the transformation of 13 guest houses – from Bethulie to Worcester, and further north, further south, and also at all sorts of lovely places in between.
The presenter of the series is Janie du Plessis, who made quite a name for herself in the '80s.
As the presenter of popular magazine programmes for young people, such as Teletien and Graffiti, she was a very popular cover model.
At the time, she also appeared alongside Arnold Vosloo in the hit films Boetie Gaan Border Toe (1984) and Boetie op Manoeuvres (1985).
The formidable task team consists of a familiar member of the In die sop team, Misi Overturf, and two other interior designers, Griki Lubbe and Willus Bosch.
These three take turns to provide assistance to the guest houses, while other experts offer business or marketing advice.
In the Season 4 premiere, "3@Marion": The team heads to 3@Marion in Pretoria, where owner Susan and her team want to turn over a new leaf.
Janie and Misi put their heads together to come up with clever plans for the guest house.
Salvage Hunters 19
Channel: Discovery Channel (DStv 121)
TX Time: 20h05
Genre: Reality
As owner of one of the largest decorative salvage yards in the United Kingdom - Fabulously British Salvage - Drew Pritchard is always looking for new pieces to replenish his shop, and he has no problem scouring the countryside to find them.
This series follows Drew all over the country, including some privileged estates, as he hunts for old and forgotten pieces of history.
But finding them is only part of the business - Drew must then convince the owner of each item to sell it to him at a fair price, then it's off to the salvage yard, where his team restores it to its original shine before it can be sold for profit.
In the Season 19 premiere, "Heritage Heroes": Drew and Al buy from heritage sellers, snapping up a curved oak settle made in 1810, and century-old steel tables from a Northampton blacksmith.
Running Point 2
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Isla Gordon (Kate Hudson) is no longer the surprise choice to lead the Los Angeles Waves, she's the one everyone is watching.
With the franchise finally rebounding after last year's scandal, Isla is determined to prove she's not just keeping the seat warm for her brother Cam (Justin Theroux).
What she doesn't know is that Cam is quietly manoeuvering behind the scenes to reclaim his post, turning every misstep into ammunition.
As she tries to balance the pressure of running a franchise with devoting time to her personal life, every decision on and off the court counts.
To survive the family power plays and the scrutiny of the board, she'll have to rip up last season's game plan and come up with a whole new playbook if she wants to close out the season on top.
Season 2 raises the stakes, deepens the family drama, and finds even more comedy in what it takes to run a modern sports empire.