Die Kontrak 2
Channel: eExtra (Openview 105 / StarSat 489)
TX Time: 18h30
Genre: Reality Competition, Music
The second season of Die Kontrak, the singing competition that kicked off the careers of Demi Lee Moore, Ivan Roux and Wilha Carstens four years ago, is back.
Having aired in VIA in 2018, the second season will be broadcast on eExtra this year, with repeats on e.tv (starting on 27 August).
The record contract worth R1-million from Coleske Artists is once again up for grabs.
This year's mentors are Karlien van Jaarsveld, Tarryn Lamb, Refentse and Monique Steyn.
They will help search for the Afrikaans music industry's next big star.
Jo Black, Corlea Botha and Barry Pretorius will act as experts.
How to Live a Simple Life
Channel: SABC2
TX Time: 17h00
Genre: Documentary Series, Lifestyle
Peter Owen Jones goes back to basics to try to live a simpler and more meaningful life.
Inspired by his experiences in 'Around the World in 80 Faiths', part-time vicar Peter Owen Jones returns to credit-crunch Britain and to the realisation that modern life has become a frenzy of spending and working.
He yearns for a life of simplicity and meaning - a deeper connection to both nature and people.
Filmed over the course of nearly a year in his beautiful Sussex parishes, the first in a three-part series follows Peter as he tries to turn his back on consumerism.
But downsizing, helping the local farmer and growing his own veg doesn't prove enough, so Peter decides to follow the example of medieval saint Francis of Assisi and give up money in a last-ditch attempt to find fulfilment.
Can Peter carry this off in his own parishes?
And will his parishioners support and possibly even join him?
Peter hones his skills as a gardener, chicken keeper, wood-chopper and dish-washer in an unpredictable and entertaining journey as he tries to uphold the Rule of St Francis.
Inside Out 2
Channel: HGTV (DStv 177)
TX Time: 22h00
Genre: Reality Makeover, Reality, Home Improvement
Southern California home renovators Carmine Sabatella and Mike Pyle work with clients who want a stunning home transformation inside and out - and they'll make sure they get both in a new eight-episode season of Inside Out.
In each episode of the series, Carmine, a real estate agent and interior designer, and Mike, a landscape designer, will pitch their design plans to clients.
The catch is that the budgets are set, so the guys must be persuasive to score a larger chunk of the renovation dollars.
More money for Carmine will mean he can max out the home's interior with dream amenities, while extra cash for Mike will give the property wow-factor curb appeal and major outdoor living perks.
Regardless of who gets the bigger bucks, Carmine and Mike will join forces to balance their clients' priorities and deliver cohesive, gorgeous spaces from the inside out.
In the Season 2 premiere: The duo take on a massive project for a couple who is desperate to complete much-needed renovations to their home.
Carmine taps the potential of their interior by creating a modern kitchen with a mobile island and a spa-like main bathroom with a striking wood paneled ceiling.
And, outdoors, Mike astonishes the family with a beautifully updated pool, fire pit lounge and game zone.
Mysteries of the Deep 2
Channel: Discovery Channel (DStv 121)
TX Time: 20h55
Genre: Docu-Reality, Science, Technology, Mystery
The world's oceans are a deep source of unsolved mysteries - from ships that disappear without a trace to unexplained underwater anomalies to a super virus showing up along Florida's coast.
In this series, host Jeremy Wade searches for answers behind the world's most iconic and baffling underwater mysteries known to science.
The deep-sea remains a dangerous and unexplored frontier - a place that swallows evidence and where the unknown is normal.
Jeremy takes on his biggest adventures yet and will stop at nothing to find answers.
Each week, Jeremy will delve into several unsolved mysteries using science along with incredible archive footage, eyewitness accounts and expert analysis to find answers.
No topic is off-limits, no matter how strange it may sound.
Jeremy will search for lost treasure, missing ships and planes and clues behind strange ocean bed discoveries.
In the Season 2 premiere: Jeremy explores a shipwreck that could hold stolen Nazi treasure.
Also, footage captures the moment a modern-day freight ship snaps in two in the Black Sea.
7 Colours 3
Channel: HONEY (DStv 173)
TX Time: 17h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Food
7 Colours is a loved South African meal and many families pride themselves on being able to prepare the best version of it.
This show puts that theory to the test.
Three teams go head-to-head to cook the perfect 7 colours plate, hosting each other in their homes.
The teams judge each other and the ones with the most points take the prize.
Lillian Dube and Moshe Ndiki are the hosts.
My People 2
Channel: SABC2
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Docu-Reality
My People is a documentary reality show that interrogates issues facing various South African families today.
Through typical case studies and expert intervention, it considers the impact of socio-economic conditions and different family dynamics to explore the root causes in working towards finding sustainable solutions.