Stand Up South Africa
Channel: SABC2
TX Time: 18h30
Genre: Reality Competition, Talent Search, Music
Reality competition based on the international format Stand Up For Your Country, a musical talent show which searches for the best parent-child singing duo.
Family duos battle it out to impress the studio audience and three judges to ultimately win a grand prize of a R100,000 and be crowned the best singing duet in South Africa.
Inspired by the viral video phenomena of parents and children singing and dancing together, the series aims to give kids and parents a chance to shine on stage in front of the entire nation in a celebration of family and music.
A unique aspect of the show is that the studio audience can also vote and help their favourite's progress to the next round.
The audience votes for their favourites with their feet, with only the most outstanding performances receiving a full standing ovation.
The series is hosted by Dineo Langa and the judges are Kelly Khumalo, Kurt Darren and Lorcia Cooper Khumalo.
There are also special singing appearances by Kurt Darren and Kelly Khumalo and guest judges DJ Sabby, Ntombi Phiri and Dan Corder.
TVSA Show Page: Stand Up South Africa
Framed by the Killer
Channel: CBS Justice (DStv 170)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series
Executive produced by Ice-T, this true crime series untangles twisted murder mysteries in which the killers tried to frame innocent people for the crimes they committed.
Each episode delves into a murder case that appears to have a clear perpetrator until evidence reveals that the initial suspect was actually set up by the real murderer.
The limited series unravels tales of elaborate whodunnit murder mysteries that lead police to one suspect, only to discover later their suspect was framed by the actual killer.
As each episode explores a unique case, viewers embark on a twisted journey riddled with clues that ultimately reveal nothing is what it seems.
In the series premiere, "The Sex Cult Frame": A successful entrepreneur is found dead on the side of the road.
When unexpected clues are found during the autopsy, investigators uncover a devious sex cult and are drawn into the religion of Santeria, ultimately revealing a killer no one ever suspected.
Voetspore: Suid-Afrika
Channel: kykNET (DStv 144)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Travel, Documentary Series, Afrikaans
As the sun rises over Southern Africa, Johan Badenhorst and his team set out on a journey to discover the off the beaten track roads of our country.
This is the start of Voetspore in South Africa, as this year's journey take places within the borders of our country.
Local is lekker as the team searches for the roads less travelled - places we haven't been to before.
But there is another challenge to overcome: this time the series is broadcast on the move.
First Dates Australia 4
Channel: BBC Lifestyle (DStv 174)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Dating Game Show, Reality
The ultimate blind dating show returns with more singles ready to find love at the First Dates restaurant.
Cameras follow their every move, exploring the highs and lows of strangers, who have been matched up by a relationship expert, meeting for the first time.
The cameras capture awkward greetings, outrageous flirting, disastrously funny chat-up lines and the earliest heart-warming blossoms of love.
At the end of the date, the couples are interviewed and asked whether they would like to see each other again.
Who will be lucky in love?
David Makes Man 2
Channel: 1Magic (DStv 103)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Drama
Centres on a 14-year-old prodigy from the projects who is haunted by the death of his closest friend and relied on by his hardworking mother to find a way out of poverty.
He must choose between the streets that raised him or the higher education that may offer him a way out.
Wanting to do well at school, David ends up in an altercation with his best friend, Seren.
At home, David acts as a neighbourhood lookout at the request of Raynan, and David's mom, Gloria, leans on him.
Season 2 finds David in his 30s, a rising businessman facing an opportunity that will change him and his community forever.
The mounting pressure forces David to choose between the instincts that helped him survive or finding a new way to truly live.
In the Season 2 premiere, "Barrel of Oranges": David pitches a renovation project for Homestead Village to Joe Padilla, a billionaire.
Later, tragedy strikes JG.
Prime Suspect: The Madeleine McCann Case
Channel: Investigation Discovery (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series
In May 2007, three-year-old Madeleine McCann vanished from a holiday resort in Portugal. Now, German police believe they know who is responsible for the crime.
Interviews with investigative journalists explore this new suspect.
In the series premiere, German police claim to have a major breakthrough in the Madeleine McCann case. Two investigative journalists examine the background of this new suspect.
In the second episode, current suspect Christian B. moves back to Germany, where he is accused of drug crimes and producing child pornography.
In Portugal, the Madeleine McCann case is crumbling, and a key investigator is terminated.
In the final episode, Suspect Christian B. evades his prison sentence for child pornography and returns to Portugal, where he's arrested for allegedly exposing himself to children.
In Germany, police hope they have sufficient evidence to charge him in Madeleine's death.
A Black Lady Sketch Show 2
Channel: Vuzu (DStv 116)
TX Time: 22h00
Genre: Comedy
This narrative series is set in a limitless magical reality full of dynamic, hilarious characters and celebrity guests.
The show presents sketches performed by a core cast of black women and touches on such culturally relevant themes as social norms, anxiety, religion, sex, dating and relationships.
The narrative sketch comedy series features a core cast of black women living relatable, hilarious experiences in a magical reality that subverts traditional expectations.
Joining the cast this season are featured players Laci Mosley and Skye Townsend, and returning this season are core cast members Robin Thede, Gabrielle Dennis and Ashley Nicole Black.
The new season will feature several celebrity guest stars, including executive producer Issa Rae, Gabrielle Union, Jesse Williams, Miguel, Skai Jackson, Laz Alonso, Omarion, Kim Wayans, Ayesha Curry, Lance Gross, Wunmi Mosaku and many more.
The Good Cop
Channel: CBS Justice (DStv 170)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series, Docu-Drama
Based on the bestselling book The Good Cop by Justine Ford about the best homicide detective Australia has ever seen.
This is the story of an old-school cop who is tough, inventive and incorruptible. A man who solved the unsolvable with his head and his heart.
Ron has just retired... and is ready to tell his story.
How did this intuitive cop put more murderers behind bars than any other homicide detective in Australia?
Each episode will take us behind the scenes of one of Ron's most challenging murder cases.
Ron's voice will be the backbone of the episode - his stories illustrated with drama scenes, filmed in a modern crime-noir style.
Complementing Ron's story are insights from the victims' families, his homicide colleagues, journalists and even Ron's informers and suspects.
Many of these people have never told their story on television.
The Trouble with Truth
Channel: SABC2
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Documentary
A story about South Africa's astonishing apartheid era newspaper and the journalists/political activists who risked everything to tell the story of what was really happening in the country.
This documentary provides a telling case study of how the media was bullied by an authoritarian government for exposing the truth.
As the South African apartheid government clamped down on free political activity, an independent-minded newspaper protested.
The Guardian developed into the intellectual voice of the liberation movement in South Africa, taking on the discriminatory ideology of apartheid and exposing its practices in print and photographs, headlines and provocative cartoons.
The Trouble with Truth reveals the power of print in the face of oppression.