2019 BET Hip Hop Awards
Channel: BET (DStv 129)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Awards, Music
The BET Hip Hop Awards is an annual celebration that pays homage to a culture that changed the world while highlighting hip hop's elite and rap's newest game changers.
BET Networks delivers the best in hip-hop for an unforgettable night of performances, cyphers and tributes honouring hip-hop legends who continue to make hip-hop culture a global force.
Hosted this year by Lil Duval, this year Lil Kim will receive the 2019 "I Am Hip Hop" award.
The ceremony returns to Atlanta with performances by global superstars and Atlanta natives Offset and Lil Jon; Megan Thee Stallion; Rick Ross; 2019 BET Awards Best New Artist Winner Lil Baby; Chicago's own Chance the Rapper; winner of The Masked Singer T-Pain; as well as Rapsody, YBN Cordae featuring Anderson .Paak, Saweetie, KaMillion and Tom. G.
Presenters for the evening include R&B superstar Teyana Taylor and Academy Award-nominated actor and star of Queen & Slim, Daniel Kaluuya.
For the first time ever, the BET Hip Hop Awards will also include a live battle rap hosted by Ultimate Rap League founder Smack, featuring noted battle rappers DNA, Geechi Gotti, T-Top and Shotgun Suge.
DJ Holiday will serve as the official announcer and house DJ for the evening.
Afskaal
Channel: kykNET (DStv 144)
TX Time: 17h30
Genre: Reality Competition, Afrikaans
Reality show of 13 episodes that follows the lives of four overweight people (20-50kg overweight), who have the desire to change their lives.
Meet the SARS Criminal Investigator from Boksburg, Beverley; Noelien from Meyerton, whose weight made her a recluse; the teddy bear from Randfontein, Hennie; and Jandri from Pretoria, whose relationship with her sister suffers because of what she weighs.
Their journey takes place over 16 weeks with an eventual winner announced.
Witness all their failures and successes as they compete in a variety of challenges that test their commitment to losing weight.
The show is presented by Elana Afrika-Bredenkamp.
Depression and Me
Channel: BBC Earth (DStv 184)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Documentary
Alastair Campbell is best known for his role as Tony Blair's formidable spin doctor but, away from the public eye, he has been dogged by crippling bouts of depression.
Therapy and anti-depressant medication are helping him keep his head above water – but is that the best he can hope for?
In this intensely personal documentary, Alastair asks whether radical new treatments can stop his depression.
Encouraged by his partner Fiona and daughter Grace, he tries to find out if science can offer him – and the millions like him – the hope of living depression-free.
Ted Bundy: Mind of a Monster
Channel: IDx (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary
Ted Bundy's horrendous crimes continue to haunt us. Friends and family of some of the victims have agreed to speak for the first time.
This first-hand testimony takes us back to the time of the murders.
Also included is an extensive audio archive from Ted Bundy himself, giving insight into what was really going on inside the mind of a monster.
Temptation Island
Channel: 1Magic (DStv 103)
TX Time: 20h30
Genre: Dating Game Show, Reality Competition
Temptation Island follows four dating couples at a pivotal time in their relationship, where they must mutually decide if they are ready to commit to one another for the rest of their lives - or should go their separate ways.
Together, the couples travel to the tropical paradise of Maui, Hawaii, where they join 24 eligible men and women.
There, they live the "single life," in a test that is meant to help answer their most difficult questions about their relationship.
Brace yourselves for hot and heavy nights as these passionate, love-hungry singles compete to steal hearts.
Mo & Mome
Channel: Mzansi Magic (DStv 161)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Docu-Reality
A reality series following celebrity couple Tol A$$ Mo and Mome Mahlangu as they go about their daily lives, raising their children.
Mome rose to fame as one of the four friends on the Vuzu docu-reality show Cream Cartel, in 2009.
Tol A$$ Mo (real name Mongezi Mahlangu) is a comedian who was the first featured comedian on Kagiso Lediga's comedy reality television series Opening Guys in 2010, in which he was described as a protégé of Loyiso Gola.
The couple got married and featured in their own reality series Mo Love, in 2012.
Dr Christian Will See You Now
Channel: Real Time (DStv 155)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Docu-Reality
In each episode five members of the British public with pressing health problems put their private lives in the hands of Dr. Christian and his larger-than-life, first-class medical team.
Every step of their journey is captured on fixed rig cameras as they share their most vulnerable moments and intimate problems in a bid to get their health and relationships back on track.
Ruby suffers from hair loss thanks to alopecia, which is affecting her self-esteem and libido and impacting on her new marriage.
Meanwhile, Emma is dealing with polycystic ovarian syndrome and subsequent weight gain.
Over the course of a single day, Dr Christian helps each patient on the way to overcoming their life-changing conditions.