The 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards
Channel: BET (DStv 129)
TX Time: 03h00 (live) and 20h00
Genre: Awards, Music
With the theme of unity as expressed by its tagline In Hip Hop We Stand, the 2021 Bet Hip Hop Awards will air from the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, Georgia.
"Best International Flow" is a category that will recognise artists from around the world, with nominees from South Africa, Nigeria, UK, France and Brazil.
This year's nominees for the Best International Flow category are South African rapper, songwriter and producer Nasty C, alongside Nigerian hip hop artist Ladipoe.
This is Nasty C's 3rd nomination, having been previously recognised in the same category in 2019 and 2020.
The two artists are set to compete with rappers Laylow and Gazo from France, British rappers Little Simz and Dave from the UK and Brazilian musician and rapper, Xama.
Cardi B, Lil Durk and Megan Thee Stallion lead this year's nominations with nine nods each.
Cardi B's nods include Song of The Year, Hip Hop Artist of The Year, Best Hip Hop Video, Best Collaboration, Best Live Performer, Hustler of The Year and Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse.
Lil Durk's nods include Song of the Year, Best Hip Hop Video, Best Collaboration, Best Duo or Group and Sweet 16: Best featured Verse.
Megan Thee Stallion's nods include Hip Hop Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Hip Hop Artist of the Year, Best Hip Hop Video, Best Collaboration, Best Live Performer, Lyricist of the Year, Hustler of the Year and Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse.
Drake takes second place with a eight nods and Tyler, The Creator and Metro Boomin tie for third-most nominations, securing four nods each.
Other notable nominations include 21 Savage, DJ Khaled, J. Cole and Pooh Shiesty, who received three nominations each.
Bia, Chris Brown, Doja Cat, Jay Z, Lil Nas X, Migos, Nicki Minaj, Roddy Ricch, Saweetie, Young Thug and Yung Bleu received two nominations each.
Additionally, the Best New Hip Hop Artist Award nominees include Blxst, Coi Leray, Don Toliver, Morray, Pooh Shiesty and Yung Bleu.
Izangoma Zodumo 2
Channel: Mzansi Magic (DStv 161)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Docu-Reality
Prudence and Makgotso are slay queens who are also deeply connected to their spiritual sides.
These modern sangomas share their insights into traditional healing and training practices, family dynamics, love and friendships in a series that casts traditional healers in a whole new light.
The show follows them as they juggle work and family.
In the Season 2 premiere: Gogo Maweni keeps fighting for her place in society.
Meanwhile, the new Sangomas Sabelo (Mkhulu) and Pearl (Makalihle) Sifundza are confronted with the difficult case of a falsely accused client.
Bad Sport
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series, Sport
True crime and sports intersect in a docuseries that examines global controversies and scandals with firsthand accounts from those involved.
Bad Sport looks at six unbelievable stories at the intersection of sports and crime, as told by the athletes, coaches and law enforcement officials at the centre of the controversies.
Episodes include:
The 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic figure skating scandal
Superstar Indycar driver Randy Lanier's marijuana-smuggling operation
The Arizona State University basketball point-shaving scheme
The horse hitman at the centre of an insurance fraud ring
Calciopoli, the biggest match-fixing scandal in Italian football history
South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje's tragic fall from grace
Welcome to Plathville 3
Channel: TLC Entertainment (DStv 135)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Docu-Reality
Kim and Barry Plath chose to raise their nine children on a 55-acre farm to shield them from the chaos of the modern world and instill their traditional values and beliefs.
Last season the Plath family splintered into three separate households: Barry, Kim and their younger kids; Ethan and wife Olivia; and now, Micah and Moriah, teens who also have left the nest.
This season, the older kids are still on their own journey to self-discovery but while some Plaths want to make amends with their parents and continue to see their siblings, that's not the case for everyone.
Tensions continue to rise, marriages are tested and new love is blossoming.
In the Season 3 premiere, "What's Up, Sugar Bum?": Max recruits Micah and Lydia to help out with a secret surprise for Moriah.
Also, Ethan and Olivia's relationship is on the rocks.
Meanwhile, Lydia prays for a family reconciliation with Ethan, and a chance encounter takes her one step closer.
Siyaya: Come Wild with Us 5
Channel: SABC2
TX Time: 16h00
Genre: Kids, Wildlife, Nature
A fast-paced adventure to fascinating places in and around the world's national parks and protected areas.
In the fun-packed episodes, you will see places and meet people that you would never even dream existed.
The series unravels the mysteries of the natural world and imparts a sense of wonder and respect for nature in the youth, leaving them fully convinced of the need to preserve our last wild places for future generations.
The series is hosted by a zany and mischievous scientist called Oompie, who drives around the country in a trendy zebra-striped minibus collecting youngsters from all over and taking them into the heart of our national parks, where personal boundaries are pushed on unimaginable journeys.
Join these young adventurers as they explore caves, run wild rivers, abseil down mountain cliffs and investigate the world under the sea.
See them have close encounters as they touch, feel, smell and experience nature at its wildest.
In each episode they experience unique challenges, making for a fresh and simply unforgettable story.
The series leaves you with a deep appreciation for our natural and cultural treasures and a keen desire to one day go and see them for themselves.
Homicide: Hours to Kill 3
Channel: Lifetime (DStv 131)
TX Time: 20h05
Genre: True Crime, Docu-Drama, Documentary Series
For detectives, the key to solving the toughest homicides lies somewhere within the final 24 hours of the victim's life.
Homicide: Hours to Kill is a true crime documentary series that follows determined investigators as they piece together events during this critical window to reconstruct the timeline of the murder, unlock the motive, and identify the perpetrator.
From jealous spouses and obsessed stalkers to buried secrets and smoking guns, each episode is a deadly puzzle where viewers follow every step of the pulse-pounding search.
Reno Race 7
Channel: SABC1
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Reality Makeover, Advertiser-Funded
Reno Race is a home-renovation reality series with a twist: two neighbours, two renovations.
Each week the show challenges two neighbouring families in the ultimate home renovation show by putting friends against family and family against neighbours in a race to see who can complete the best home renovation in only 48 hours.
Each family gets assigned a project manager and a pit crew of a construction workers as well as building supplies from Cashbuild.
Both families get a renovation but there can ultimately be only one winner of the Reno Race.