Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller 2
Channel: National Geographic Channel (DStv 181 / StarSat 220)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Documentary Series
Journalist Mariana van Zeller taps into her underworld contacts to embed in the world's most illicit smuggling pipelines.
Join her in the second season of Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller, here in each episode, she puts safety on the line to follow one illegal and often dangerous black-market pipeline, from its mysterious source to its final destination.
This season she goes deeper, but the deeper she goes, the darker it gets as she infiltrates the worlds of black-market plastic surgery, romance scams, white supremacy, stolen cars, outlaw motorcycle clubs, marijuana and meth.
Armed with National Geographic's trademark inside access, each episode follows van Zeller as she works her way inside a different black market or global trafficking network where she meets the players and learns the business, all in an effort to understand the inner workings of the world's multitrillion-dollar shadow economy.
The 10-part second season offers a mission-driven adventure to places rarely seen, providing an intimate peek behind the curtain to provide a 360-degree view of these poorly understood trafficking networks.
It is a movement that trades in ideologies as dangerous as any narcotic or firearm, with one responsible for mass killings around the globe.
Black Market Surgery
Mariana investigates the dark corners of black-market plastic surgery, where sex, greed and social media drive patients toward deadly motel-room operations.
In Miami's discount surgery centres, she uncovers a bombshell connection between felons, greedy doctors and patient deaths.
Romance Scams
In 2020 alone, romance scammers exploited Americans out of more than $600-million.
Mariana's investigation takes her to Ghana, where she meets a gang of scammers who are relentless in searching for high-income targets on dating apps and social media.
The gang shows her their secrets to seduction, how much money they're making, and the lifestyle that has blossomed alongside the scam's growing popularity.
Black Market Marijuana
In 2016, California began a massive social experiment: legalised marijuana.
But after four years, the black market is three times larger than the legal one.
Mariana sets off to find out what happened, who's profiting, and which groups are racing to meet skyrocketing demands.
Following an underground supply chain from growers to distributors, she journeys through the wild west of weed.
Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs
Mariana goes inside the secretive world of outlaw motorcycle gangs, also known as 1% clubs, when her interest is piqued by a string of biker-related violence.
Undeterred by a strict code of silence, she interviews members of three major clubs, as well as ATF agents and cartel contacts, to learn about the bonds of blood and brotherhood that fuel these groups.
Meth
Mariana follows a meth superhighway from a massive cartel-run lab in Sinaloa across the border and into the lives of American users.
Her guide is a wily, meth-smoking dealer whose smuggling empire stretches from coast to coast. Some get rich, some get high, while others wind up dead.
It's a hellish tour of an overlooked drug crisis that's burning a hole through America.
White Supremacy
As America struggles to reckon with its white supremacist past, Mariana races to expose an underground movement hellbent on an even more violent white supremacist future.
It's a movement that trades in ideologies as dangerous as any narcotic or firearm — and one responsible for mass killings around the globe.
Stolen Cars
Over 750,000 cars are stolen each year in the United States — one every 42 seconds — with many of them headed overseas.
Despite recent crackdowns, law enforcement agencies warn of an epidemic of stolen cars smuggled to West Africa, where they command higher prices.
Mariana chases down the players profiting the most from this surprising transcontinental supply chain.
Cocaine Queens
In the world of cocaine trafficking, the favelas of Rio and the mountains of Colombia are hallowed ground.
But, what appears as an investigation into smuggling networks is actually a journey with a more specific focus.
It's not only the drugs that have caught Mariana's attention.
It's a new breed of narco that is starting to gain power in the shadows: las jefas, lady bosses.
Amazon Mafia
Mariana journeys into the heart of the Amazon rainforest to expose the networks responsible for a slew of recent killings and illegal destruction of the jungle.
Along the way, Mariana will attempt to uncover an Amazon mafia profiting from "dirty gold" mining and clandestine logging operations.
Fish Pirates
Few Americans realise that as much as 30% of the seafood we eat has been caught illegally.
Mariana goes inside the global hunt for these fish pirates, who make billions each year while destroying our oceans.
Her journey will take her from the ports of Boston and Vigo, Spain, to the west coast of Africa, as she seeks to understand how these bad actors operate and why it's so difficult to stop them.
Janet Jackson
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 21h30
Genre: Documentary Series, Music
A four-hour miniseries, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Janet's first album, Janet Jackson (1982).
With full, unprecedented access to the global icon, Janet Jackson is an intimate, honest and unfiltered look at her untold story.
Producers Workerbee filmed the documentary for over three years and were granted exclusive access to archival footage and Janet's never before seen home videos, along with star-studded interviews.
This claims to be the definitive story on Janet Jackson.
One of the best-selling and highest-earning artists in music history, Janet has enjoyed immense levels of success, experienced incredible tragedy, and endured a tumultuous private life in the face of extraordinary public scrutiny.
With no stone left unturned, Janet Jackson lifts the lid on her private life for the very first time and reveals some of her most intimate moments ever caught on camera.
Young Wallander 2: Killer's Shadow
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Drama
Set in contemporary Sweden, Kurt Wallander is found adrift and uncertain of the future following his exit from the police force.
An opportunity to rejoin the Major Crimes Unit arises when a new Superintendent, Samuel Osei, takes on the leadership.
Wallander accepts the offer and is tasked with what seems to be a straightforward case: a hit-and-run outside a nightclub.
However, when the victim is found to be connected to an infamous murder case handled by Frida Rask eight years ago, Wallander quickly suspects that there is more to this incident than meets the eye.
Determined to uncover the truth, he refuses to back off - even when the investigation leads him to the door of those who could end his career in a heartbeat.
Mo Gilligan: There's Mo to Life
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Comedy, Special
British comedian Mo Gilligan returns for his second Netflix stand-up special.
Following on from his 2021 nationwide tour, the comedic star takes centre stage at the sold-out Hammersmith Apollo, exploring his teenage years, working in retail, relationship dynamics and much more.
He breaks down his days as a broke teenager and covers annoying talk show producers and more in this special.