Sip & Talk
Channel: Mzansi Magic (DStv 161)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Talk Show
A talk show hosted by Dineo Ranaka in which guests speak on different personal issues and matters in a candid manner over cocktails and drinks of their liking.
Dineo will host a trio of industry peers in her condo for each episode, in which no topic is off the table.
From public grief and marriage endings to addiction recovery, and even the complexities of fame, Sip & Talk will shed light on the human struggles celebrities have endured in the public eye.
The show looks to provide an in-depth exploration of the issues that frequently surface in our social dialogues.
With episodes ranging from Simphiwe Ngema, Kayise Ngqula and Ayanda Ncwane discussing public grief, to TK Sebothoma, Reason and Nozuko Ncayiyane on the pursuit of mental wellness, the stories of resilience and reinvention intend to inspire.
How to Create a Sex Scandal
Channel: Investigation Discovery (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Documentary Series, True Crime
In 2005, the sleepy community of Mineola, Texas, is thrown into turmoil when local children reveal shocking stories about a paedophile sex ring that took place at a local swingers club.
As arrests are made, life sentences handed down, and lives ruined, it soon becomes apparent that there is a lot more to the story than meets the eye.
Now, the startling longterm repercussions of the scandal are revealed.
With more twists and turns than a Hollywood thriller, How to Create a Sex Scandal is a startling and scarcely believable telling of a crime story that really is stranger than fiction.
Episode 1: When the Swingers Came to Town
In 2005, the sleepy community of Mineola, Texas, is thrown into turmoil when local children reveal shocking stories about a paedophile sex ring that took place at a local swingers club.
Episode 2: Smoke and Mirrors
The trial of the fourth person accused of operating a paedophile ring at the Mineola Swingers Club is dramatically thrown off course when one of the children whose testimony has proved vital to the investigation and previous trials reveals a shocking truth.
Episode 3: Sex,Lies, and Videotapes
Convictions are quashed, families reunited, and the final truth is exposed.
Faraway Downs
Channel: Disney+
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Drama
Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Bryan Brown and director Baz Luhrmann reunite for this six part miniseries, based on their 2008 film Australia.
The story centres round English aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley, who travels halfway across the world to confront her wayward husband and sell an unusual asset: Faraway Downs, a million-acre cattle ranch in the Australian outback.
Following his death, a ruthless Australian cattle baron King Carney (Bryan Brown) plots to take her land, and she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle drover (Hugh Jackman) to protect her ranch.
The sweeping adventure-romance is explored through the eyes of young Nullah (Brandon Walters), an Indigenous Australian child caught up in the government’s Draconian racial policy now referred to as the Stolen Generations.
Together, the trio experience four life-altering years, a love affair between Lady Ashley and the drover, and the unavoidable impact of World War II on Northern Australia.
Africa's Wild Year
Channel: S3
TX Time: 18h30
Genre: Wildlife, Documentary Series
Africa's Wild Year is an epic, cinematic series set over the course of a single year in 10 different countries in Africa.
Each episode focuses on one of the four seasons and reveals surprising seasonal variations around the continent and how animals adapt to the changing conditions.
These animal stories will captivate the audience whilst introducing them to some of Africa's many hidden wonders and reveal the vast array of ways in which animals thrive on the continent.
From teeming oceans to vast deserts and icy mountains, the journey through Africa's Wild Year is a tale of perseverance and courage in the face of adversity.
In the series premiere, "Spring": This is the season of learning, as Africa's youngsters master the arts of swimming, hunting and flying, in time to face the challenges of independence.
Each year the arrival of spring is the chance to flourish during Africa's Wild Year.
Megan Thee Stallion vs. Tory Lanez: Five Shots
Channel: TLC Entertainment (DStv 135)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Documentary Series, True Crime
Get the inside story on the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion.
Told from two perspectives, insiders and legal experts look at how Tory Lanez still protests his innocence and examine why Megan was vilified on social media despite her terrifying ordeal.
Life Below Zero 11
Channel: BBC Earth (DStv 184)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Docu-Reality, Nature
When bears, wolves and foxes are your only neighbours, life can be pretty lonely.
Add minus-60-degree days and a constant battle for the most basic necessities, and you have the daily challenges of people who live in remote corners of Alaska.
This series takes you deep into an Alaskan winter to meet tough, resilient residents as they try to stay one step ahead of storms and man-eating beasts to survive the season.
The closest neighbour to Sue Aikens is more than 300 miles away and Eric Salitan subsists solely on what he hunts and forages.
Chip and Agnes Hailstone catch fish for currency in bartering for supplies, and Andy and Kate Bassich use their pack of sled dogs for transportation.
Also highlighted is a time of year not always part of what you see in Alaska: spring.
Ice is breaking, animals are waking, and residents face new tests before deep cold returns.
In the Season 11 premiere, "Pulled from the Darkness": Alaskans enter a new dawn in the Arctic winter.
Sue Aikens braves a storm to pursue a critical resource as Jessie Holmes attempts to recover from a near-death experience.
Ricko DeWilde navigates thin ice in search of a culturally significant protein source.
And Cole Sturgis enlists the help of his young daughters to secure a needed meal in the rugged yet majestic Southeast.
Expedition Bigfoot 3
Channel: Travel Channel (DStv 179)
TX Time: 21h10
Genre: Reality
A year after devastating wildfires forced the team to evacuate the Olympic Peninsula, just as they unearthed fascinating new evidence, primatologist Dr. Mireya Mayor and Bigfoot experts Bryce Johnson, Ronny LeBlanc and Russell Acord return to Washington State in Season 3 of Expedition Bigfoot.
Knowing of her interest in cryptid animals, especially hominids, Dr. Mireya Mayor, Expedition Bigfoot resident scientist, contacted her longtime friend and colleague, Dr. Goodall, to discuss her beliefs and personal investigations.
During the on-camera interview, Goodall revealed that she has been told many unexplained stories of human-like primates from native people living in the jungles of South America and does not discount them.
In fact, Dr Goodall believes these could be highly intelligent creatures, which would explain why no remains have been found to date, and embraces the team continuing the search.
Encouraged by a notable discovery from the previous expedition, the team devises a new plan to rouse a Bigfoot from hiding and prove these elusive creatures are not a myth but a reality.
In the Season 3 premiere, "Strange Returns": The team returns to the Olympic Peninsula with a new plan to draw out Bigfoot by releasing primate pheromones via a specially modified drone.
But after LeBlanc and Mayor see something watching them from above, and Accord is blindsided by a nighttime visitor, it becomes clear - the hunters are now the hunted.
The Real Housewives of Potomac 7
Channel: Me (DStv 115)
TX Time: 22h15
Genre: Docu-Reality
Returning this season are Gizelle Bryant, Karen Huger, Ashley Darby, Robyn Dixon, Candiace Dillard Bassett, Wendy Osefo and Mia Thornton.
Friendly face Charisse Jackson Jordan (Seasons 1 and 2) returns as a friend of the cast, along with new friend Jacqueline Blake.
Coming up this season:
Gizelle Bryant is inching closer to becoming an empty nester, but it's bittersweet.
Her oldest, Grace, received her driver's license and is ready to hit the road, while twins Adore and Angel are turning 16 and will be leaving the west wing soon.
Gizelle is also "in these streets" dating and rekindling a romance with someone from her past but finds herself entangled in drama involving another housewife's husband.
Karen Huger is looking and feeling better than ever with some "tweaks."
Her choices have left Ray questioning the motives behind her refresh.
He worries the vanity procedures could have a negative impact on their daughter, Rayvin.
Ashley Darby recently separated from Michael, and her main focus is motherhood with a little TikTok on the side.
She's looking for a new home for herself and her boys, but with Michael's help, which makes the women question if she wants to be free of him.
Robyn Dixon and Juan are finally engaged and everyone is expecting a wedding any day now... everyone but the Dixons, who have mastered the art of procrastination.
While getting married is not a top priority for Robyn, getting a prenup is since she is now the primary breadwinner in the family.
Candiace Dillard-Bassett is busier than ever with a music career, but if she wants babies in the future, she has to act now.
She has begun the journey with freezing her eggs, but along the way there are a few hiccups.
Chris has taken a new job that is taking up a lot of his time, and an allegation from some of the women makes waves in their marriage.
Wendy Osefo continues to teach, serve as a political analyst on national cable news and run her candle business.
She now wants to open a Nigerian-themed lounge but Eddie thinks she has too much going on and needs to focus on her health and her family.
Can she juggle it all and maintain her sanity?
Mia Thornton implies on social media she has cancer and then reveals she needs further testing to determine if she has cancer.
The back and forth has the ladies questioning what is true.
Former housewife Charrisse Jackson Jordan returns as a friend and voice of reason that most of the ladies welcome except for Karen, who mysteriously goes out of her way to avoid her.
Jacqueline Blake joins as a friend.
She and Mia are so close that one might think they are sisters, but some unusual behaviour has the ladies wondering what the real story is.
In the Season 7 premiere, "Spring Awakening": Spring has sprung in Potomac, and the gossip is in full bloom.
The word on the street is that the Darbys are divorcing, but Ashley's story doesn't quite add up.
Wendy explores a new venture with Peter Thomas and Mia's murky social media behaviour leaves the ladies wondering about the real status of her health.
Karen hosts a "Spring Fling Celebration of Life" extravaganza, but it's cut short when some of the ladies are confronted on their alleged lies.
In the second episode of the weekly double bill, "Allegation Nation": Karen's spring fling concludes with a whole lot of drama.
Mia battles more than just a health scare when the ladies make a jarring allegation.
A newly-liberated Ashley hosts a sexy dance class for the ladies, but the fun comes to an end when Gizelle drops a bombshell allegation.
Incredible Animal Journeys
Channel: Nat Geo Wild (DStv 182 / StarSat 221)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Documentary Series, Wildlife
We might think we're the world's greatest explorers, but we're not.
Every day, millions of animals make millions of incredible journeys across our planet.
Only now, using space age tech and cutting-edge science can we soar, fly and swim with them on their mission to survive.
Jump on board and join the ride as Jeremy Renner narrates the wildest adventure on Earth.
Join the animals learning to live life on the move as they chase the rains across the African savannah.
From the zebra foal finding her feet in the greatest land migration on Earth, to the elephant calf searching for water in a crushing drought, these rookies will make these incredible journeys many times in their lifetime but, the first time, is always the toughest.
In the series premiere, "Polar Parenting": Brave the elements with arctic animals leading their families on epic journeys to survive.