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Mzansi Magic and Wethu turn to the internet for content and pick up eight podcasts to broadcast on TV from April including Podcast and Chill with MacG and Awkward Dates with Lasizwe. Broadcast begins with episodes that have been on YouTube and from May will have episodes that air on TV first, then on YouTube the following day. The pro: good for people who can't watch on the internet - saves data. The con: it's a repeat for those who watch online. >>
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25 Mar 2025 12:30
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New Portuguese telenovela Cacau premieres on Telemundo on Monday 26 May at 22h00, after The Count: Love and Honor ends. Set on a cocoa farm in Brazil, it follows Cacau who makes chocolate in exotic flavours. Life change alert! She discovers her father isn't her biological father. She's the illegitimate daughter of the farm's owner Justino - and she's his heir. Enter everyone else who wants the farm and she's in for trouble, but she isn't alone. Tiago loves her.
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12 Mar 2025 12:35
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A run of Mzansi Magic's My Brother's Keeper premieres on Mzansi Wethu on Monday 24 March at 19h30, with eps Mondays to Fridays.
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26 Feb 2025 17:59
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kykNET & kie premieres the channel's first Afrikaans-dubbed Brazilian novela (as opposed to Turkish) titled Plaas van Passie on Tuesday 18 March at 20h00. Follows maths teacher Aline whose husband gets murdered on their farm by evildoers who want their land. She has no farming experience but decides to do everything in her power to save the farm for herself and her son. Her biggo problemo: land baron Antônio La Selva, who killed her husband. >>
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18 Feb 2025 16:27
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The Chicago trilogy returns to M-Net on Tuesday 25 February, airing in this order: Chicago Fire 13 at 19h00, Chicago Med 10 at 20h00 and Chicago PD 12 at 21h00. Bring on Cape Town Fire, Durban Med and Jozi PD. Would be cool don't you think?
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17 Feb 2025 17:56
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No clarity from Mzansi Magic about the broadcast days of new series iThonga (see below). We know it starts on Monday 3 March in place of Umkhokha but will it air Mondays to Fridays or only Mondays? We've asked and waiting to hear. Will keep you posted.
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11 Feb 2025 11:21
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Mzansi Wethu to debut new talker on 30 March at 18h00 titled The Ones with TBose, hosted by broadcaster Thabo "TBose" Mokwele. Features South Africans who've had an impact locally and internationally, and uses music as a narrative tool to explore how sound and culture interconnect. Kulcha guests include John Kani, Trevor Noah, Thandiswa Mazwai, Black Coffee and Zakes Bantwini. Will have people from other fields too.
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10 Feb 2025 13:04
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New Suits spin-off series Suits: LA premieres Express from the US on M-Net and Showmax at 08h00 on Monday 24 February, repeats on M-Net on 27 February at 19h00. Stephen Amell stars as Ted Black, a lawyer to Hollywood stars whose clients include Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio. His firm is at a crisis point and to survive, he must embrace a role he's held in contempt his entire career. Premieres in the US on 23 February. >>
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03 Feb 2025 17:02
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kykNET premieres new true murder series titled Niggies (Cousins) in March - the first time they've done a scripted drama based on a true crime. Set in Odendaalsrus in the Free State where young Issie Fourie and Petro Nel were abducted and murdered. Issie’s brother André swore to do whatever it took to bring the perpetrator to book, which he did, 18 years later. Directed by Jaco Bouwer (Spinners). >>
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27 Jan 2025 16:31
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Coming up on eExtra once Elif ends: Gelukbringers (Good luck charms). Centres round Azra whose happy life is destroyed when her father dies and she's left alone with no money and must care for her autistic brother Mert - who disappears. Then she meets Cenk, who's also suffered loss and blames himself for his father's death. Premieres Wednesday 26 February at 18h30.
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21 Jan 2025 14:21
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New historical novela The Count: Love and Honor premieres on Telemundo on Monday 17 February at 22h00, after Lord of the Skies ends. It's an adaptation of the classic Count of Monte Cristo, about a guy who gets framed for murder, goes to prison for 17 years and returns for rrrevenge after a fellow inmate leaves him a fortune. The reason he was framed? A rival wanted his girlfriend. >>
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15 Jan 2025 11:14
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SABC1 to air Season 3 of BET's 'fess-up reality low The Big Secret from Tuesday 14 January at 18h00, hosted by Penny Lebyane. People reveal their darkest secrets to their family and friends and some of them are daaaark - like Nomusa's in Episode 6. She tells her mother that she was raped, joined a cult and strangled her eight-month old child :0.
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08 Jan 2025 10:29
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Saras & Kumud airs in double bills on Star life from Thursday 16 January 2025. Soulmates, which airs before, reduces to 20 minutes per episode, airing from 19h40 to 20h00.
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28 Dec 2024 16:44
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Season 1 of Afrikaans-dubbed novela Viola ends on eExtra on Sunday 29 December. Replaced by these movies and documentaries through January: Jungle Beat (5th), Tussen Die Duiwel En Die Diep Blou See and Yolanda is Swanger (12th), Toorbos (19th) and Gat in die Muur (26th).
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23 Dec 2024 11:21
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Nickelodeon (Channel 305) and Nick Jr. (307) now available on DStv's Compact bouquet - permanently. Series include SpongeBob SquarePants, DORA, Rubble & Crew, Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and PAW Patrol - also available in isiZulu and Afrikaans on weekday mornings (07h30 to 09h00) and afternoons (15h00 to 1600) on Nicktoons (308).
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06 Dec 2024 15:16
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Nat Geo Wild premieres new lion documentary on Saturday 7 December at 18h00 to mark the cinema release of new movie Mufasa: The Lion King on 20 December. It's titled Desert Lions: Surviving At Skeleton Coast and it follows a Namibian pride who hang out at the beach, literally. See TVSA's New on TV Today for details on the day.
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04 Dec 2024 16:36
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Showmax action drama Empini replaces Gqeberha: The Empire once it ends on Mzansi Magic. Nambitha Ben-Mazwi stars as busty bodyguard Ndoni in the world of VIP private security. Siyabonga Thwala co-stars as Khaya, a political insider and businessman who becomes her unlikely mentor. 52 episodes. Premieres 13 January 2025 at 21h00, Mondays to Thursdays.
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29 Nov 2024 16:22
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WildEarth chairman Andre Crawford-Brunt apologises for his derogatory comments about MultiChoice in the media and on socialz earlier this year when WildEarth split from DStv. It comes with the announcement that the channel will be back on DStv 183 from 1 December 2024. The beef between them was because MultiChoice didn't pay WildEarth a fee to be on DStv - was an exposure deal. No word on whether they're paying now. >>
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26 Nov 2024 16:57
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It was scheduled to premiere months ago but Soulmates started instead and it's happening now. Former Glow TV soapie Saras starts a run on Star Life from Tuesday 5 November at 20h30, once Imlie ends. Titled Saras & Kumud.
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29 Oct 2024 17:28
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New comedy-drama DiChipi premieres on SABC1 on Thursday 17 October at 18h30 with a 13-eps story about three unlikely young friends. They're thrust into a journey of self discovery after a chaotic night puts their community centre in jeopardy. Headliners include Nkateko Mabunda (Giyani), Azande Mkhungo (Sibongile & The Dlaminis), Jason Willemse (Scandal!) and Keenan Arrison (The Wild).
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10 Oct 2024 12:56
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NCIS: South Africa - would be fun if we had our own spin-off don't you think? A local version of the military procedural centred round our Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). Do we even have such a thing and if so, are the investigators hott? Australia has one now, NCIS: Sydney, currently airing on Universal TV on Mondays at 20h00 until 28 October. >>
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08 Oct 2024 12:33
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Zee Zonke launches Bollywood movies dubbed into isiZulu from late October. Starts with dark comedy Darlings on Sunday 27 October at 18h00. It follows Badru who holds on to the hope that her abusive husband will change if he quits drinking. When his ill-treatment escalates, Badru and her mother take matters into their own hands. Flash fact: The film was first distributed by Netflix in 2022.
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25 Sep 2024 16:25
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TVSA can reveal that the ninth and final season of Lord of the Skies premieres on Telemundo on Monday 11 November at 22h00. *Think trailer voice*: Aurelio’s wrath awakens after his son Ismael gets arrested and he unleashes a wave of violence in an attempt to seek revenge and defend his family. He's going to release his inner beast and will show no mercy.
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18 Sep 2024 16:13
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M-Net acquires the rights to HBO's Dune: Prophecy, premiering in November 2024. Set 10,000 years before the rise of Dune universe character Paul Atreides - the protagonist in the first two novels. It follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind and establish the fabled Bene Gesserit sect.
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10 Sep 2024 17:09
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BET to premiere new 13-episode South African boxing drama Pound 4 Pound about an all-women's amateur boxing team who must learn the tricks of the trade when they enter an international tournament in Lagos with little to no experience. Stars include Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa, Mduduzi Mabaso, Gabisile Tshabalala and Zolisa Xaluva. Premieres Sunday 29 September at 18h30. >>
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Selimathunzi returns to SABC1 for Season 34, now titled Hotspot Selimathunzi. It was originally going to return as Hotspot Seli. Hotspot this, Hotspot that - someone on the production's got the hots for spots. Siphesihle Vazi, Sparks and Zanele Potelwa return to present. Premieres Thursday September at 18h00.
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30 Aug 2024 17:09
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Heads-up! We received the incorrect information from Star Life about new series Soulmates. They said it was the series that was originally titled Saraswatichandra in Hindi - which aired on Glow TV as Saras - but it isn't. It's original Hindi title is Udne Ki Aasha. The scenario: Fate poses a threat to Sayali's fairytale hopes as it ties her in a lifelong bond with Sachin, an uncouth, emotionally scarred hero-cum-thug taxi driver who shuns the idea of romance and marriage. Premieres Tuesday 20 August at 21h30.
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14 Aug 2024 17:46
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It's Crime Month on History Channel in October with a line-up including American Godfathers: The Five Families - about the creation, rise and fall of New York City’s five Mafia families - and a special on chilling local crimes in Great African Crimes with investigative journalist and crime author Mandy Wiener on Tuesday 22 October at 21h05.
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12 Aug 2024 11:53
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SuperSport Channel 217 is now an Olympics news and highlights channel available from DStv Access to Premium.
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27 Jul 2024 14:13
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Two Showmax series air on Mzansi Magic once channel originals Ha Molefi and Queen Modjadji end. Comedy Ekhaya Backpackers premieres Monday 16 September and western drama Outlaws starts 6 October. >>
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Annual Sharkfest gets toothy on Nat Geo Wild on weekends at 18h00 from 20 July to 28 August 2024. Line-up includes Baby Sharks In The City - explores newly discovered great white shark nursery off New York City coast - and Shark Attack 360, which goes into forensic detail about why sharks attack. True. Why? We've heard it's because they see people as seals. Keep a lookout for shows in TVSA's New on TV Today.
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16 Jul 2024 16:57
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OpenView closes the Power Up! channel on 114 from Monday 8 July now that loadshedding's calmed down. The channel was launched during the darkness of January 2023 as a catch-up service for soapieville. Even just talking about that time is triggering. Emphasises how we've all suffered.
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08 Jul 2024 12:39
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Zee World introduces new logo and on-air graphics with the tagline Living Every Moment. This explanation of it by the channel: "Living every moment, while being immersed in Zee World, is not merely about escapism, it's about finding meaning in the 'right here, right now!' It's about embracing the magic of storytelling, which has the power to transport us to worlds beyond our own, keeping us connected." >>
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18 Jun 2024 11:17
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Mzansi Magic picks up reality low format Married At First Sight. Used to be on the now defunct Lifetime - for two seasons. A team of specialists help to "scientifically" match couples in the hope that they'll find true love. Eight participants get matched up and marry someone they've never met. What could possibly go wrong? Premieres 16 June at 18h00.
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31 May 2024 16:56
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Telemundo announces Lord of the Skies spin-off series at NBCUniversal's American Upfront presentations. Title (think Spanisho accent): La DinastÃa Casillas. No premiere date confirmed but likely for 2025.
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10 May 2024 11:10
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Controversial docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV to air on Investigation Discovery from Sunday 7 April at 21h00, in double bills for two weeks. Described as uncovering "the toxic and dangerous culture behind some of the most iconic American children's shows of the late 1990s and early 2000s," with a focus on the channel's producer at the time, Dan Schneider.
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02 Apr 2024 14:22
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S3 introduces English and Afrikaans-dubbed Turkish novelas on weekdays from Monday 1 April at 16h30. Isn't clear how the Afrikaans/English set-up will work - we're waiting to hear. Starts with Innocence: about 19-year-old Ela who suffers public scrutiny and social humiliation after being attacked - to the point where she doubts herself.
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28 Mar 2024 15:46
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Nickelodeon dubs animated preschool series PAW Patrol into isiZulu following SpongeBob SquarePants which was dubbed and aired last year. Premieres Monday 18 March at 15h00 on NickToons (Dstv 308).
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06 Mar 2024 17:16
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BET announces Queendom, their third local daily series after Isono and Redemption. Stars Linda Mtoba as Nthandokayise, a maverick community leader who discovers she's the heir to the Khahlamba Kingdom - a secret that's been kept from her by her mother Tholakele, played by Sindi Dlathu. Produced by Clive Morris Productions. Premiere date to be confirmed.
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29 Feb 2024 11:21
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Did you know? e.tv and eExtra stream live on eVod during primetime, from 17h00 to 22h00.
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22 Feb 2024 10:30
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Spanish football league LaLiga on SuperSport 204 now a permanent feature on DStv Access after its recent quiet addition. Also coming up on Access: Orlando Pirates vs Mamelodi Sundowns on 17 February, the Soweto Derby (Orlando Pirates vs Kaizer Chiefs) on 9 March and the DStv Diski Challenge.
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14 Feb 2024 12:23
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E! to air a delayed broadcast of the Grammys red carpet on Monday 5 February at 20h00, hosted by Laverne Cox and comedian Heather McMahan. Let's hope she's funny and does enough dissing of tacky outfits.
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05 Feb 2024 15:36
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New dating show The Salacious Pod ousts previously announced sexology talker Vus'Umlilo on Mzansi Magic - on Sundays at 21h00 from 4 February. Hosted by Phila Madlingozi, Lasizwe and radio host Naomi Brown. Topics include non-committal relationships, co-parenting, break-ups and no-strings attached partnerships.
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03 Feb 2024 13:29
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eExtra premieres its first novela from the Czech Republic in early March, also dubbed into Afrikaans, titled Soos Dag en Nag. Replaces Wie Laaste Lag at 20h00.
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31 Jan 2024 16:28
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Red carpet coverage of 75th Emmys repeats throughout the week at various times on E! who? - the channel we used to know. We blame the onslaught of reality lows and no more True Hollywood Stories for its lacklustre. Also, the loss of the irreverent humour we used to snicker at on The Soup.
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16 Jan 2024 11:59
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SABC2 to air inaugural Robben Island Memorial Run on Saturday 2 December from 08h00 to 11h00 (live). A joint venture between the Robben Island Museum, SABC and Western Province Athletics. The theme: Celebrating 60 years of Sobukwe and Mandela. Muvhango omnibus moves to 11h00.
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28 Nov 2023 11:44
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Community station One Freestate TV launches on DStv 264 on Thursday 16 November, on all bouquets from Premium to EasyView. Free State based. Programming includes entertainment, information, education, local culture and community engagement. In Sesotho and English.
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13 Nov 2023 12:16
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New Afrikaans-dubbed Turkish novela Skerpioen (Scorpion) replaces Verbode Liefde on kykNET & Kie once it ends on 28 November. Abandoned daughter Ferda stings her mother who deserted her by having an affair with her mother's son-in-law i.e. her sister's husband. Her sister who wasn't abandoned. Premieres Wednesday 29 November at 20h00.
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10 Nov 2023 10:26
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New, local youth channel Play Room launches on DStv 300 on Monday 6 November at 15h00, debuting with multilingual studio show Play Room Live! for tweens and teens. Morning programming caters to 4 to 6-year-olds. Channel includes animated international series dubbed into isiZulu. It replaces Da Vinci. >>
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06 Nov 2023 11:03
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Honey Channel to shut down on DStv on 31 October. If only it was the end of Moja Love! - the Trash TV channel that gives a voice to convicted criminals.
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14 Oct 2023 11:10
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