18th SAFTA Awards
Channel: SABC2 and Mzansi Magic (DStv 161)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Awards
Simulcast on SABC2 and Mzansi Magic, the 18th South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs) air live from the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg at 20h00, hosted by Lerato Kganyago and Skhumba Hlophe.
The ceremony is preceded by the Red Carpet coverage at 19h30, with Nomalanga Shozi and Katleho Sinivasan on carpet patrol.
This year sees the addition of five new categories to recognise the evolving landscape of the industry better:
Best Achievement in Visual Effects (VFX) - TV or Film
Best Achievement in Special Effects (SFX) in Hair and Make-Up - TV or Film
Original Song - Telenovela
Original Song - TV Drama
Original Song - Feature Film
After not having enough animation entries since 2013, this year the Animation category comes back with a significant number of entries, which enables the SAFTAs to honour excellence in this field.
Period drama Shaka iLembe tops the nominations this year with 17, followed by The River, Outlaws and Yoh! Christmas with 11 nominations each, whilst Netflix comedy Miseducation takes third place with 10.
For a complete list of all the nominees in both film and television, go here:
2024 SAFTAs - ALL the nominees
TVSA Show Page: SAFTAs 18
Alien Corridors
Channel: HISTORY (DStv 186)
TX Time: 20h15
Genre: Documentary Series
There are recordings of possible UFO and UAP sightings across the world which have created patterns.
This series asks, what if the Earth is being mapped by intergalactic forces and why?
A team of multi-disciplined experts – believers and critics – investigate what these Alien Corridors are and what they mean.
With mounting evidence that aliens exist, the compelling clues and testimonies that support this claim often come from the same sites on our planet.
Why is that?
Alien Corridors seeks to answer this question in a series that decodes this evidence of intergalactic visitation, and attempts to explain why certain locations have become extraterrestrial hotspots.
Featuring a blend of CGI and reconstruction and with the help of a unique global map that tracks alien activity, investigators dive into everything from magnetic scans and mineral samples, to military data, lidar and deep-space satellite images.
And the more they dig, the more these patterns become too obvious to dismiss.
Every episode investigates a unique place and phenomenon.
A massive earthquake in Alaska is a beacon for alien visitors.
Hour-long sightings of mysterious orbs appear routinely in the skies above California's Mount Shasta.
And, in Scotland's Falkirk Triangle, hundreds of annual extraterrestrial events include reports of abductions, attacks and 'lost time'.
Grootboom & Sons 2
Channel: Mzansi Wethu (DStv 163)
TX Time: 22h30
Genre: Drama
An uncle dramatically rescuing his sister and their nephews from dangerous mobsters, and a new boss for the family business: the first season of Grootboom & Sons ended on an explosive note.
Now the family dynasty drama is back for Season 2.
Picking up six months after the end of the first season, Mbulelo is about to become a father twice over – and he wants to marry both the women he impregnated.
How will it work out for him?
On the other hand, his brother Zola is laying low, trying to step up and grow up, hoping to finally break away from the family business.
Reprising their roles are Zandile Msutwana (as Funeka), Mbasa Msongelo (Zola), Luzuko Nkqeto (MK), Neo Mekgwe (Kefilwe), Nommangaliso Tebeka (Imani) and Sibulele Gcilitshana (Vuyo).
Joining the cast is Thembekile Komani (Nkululeko) in the role of Mbulelo.
Season 2 sees new characters liven up the funeral home: Luthando (Thami Mngqolo, Saints and Sinners), MK's fresh-from-prison long-lost son; and Didi (Keke Mphuthi, Unmarried), the boisterous mother of his child.
How will their entry into everyone's lives shift the dynamics?
Can the family keep their business intact, or will competitors swoop in, wiping out a dynasty?
Rounding out the cast are Zinhle Mabena (Isibaya), Mapaseka Koetle (Scandal!), Liopelo Maphathe (Durban Gen), musician Nkosana 'Bozza' Nkosi and Gabriel Mini (Housekeepers).
TVSA Show Page: Grootboom & Sons 2
Hometown Horror
Channel: Investigation Discovery (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Horror, Paranormal, Documentary Series, Docu-Drama
Many white picket fence communities across America are gripped with tales of horror, mystery and intrigue that have lingered over these towns for centuries.
These are dark forces haunting unassuming communities with stories of the undead, ghouls, monsters and things that go bump in the night.
Hometown Horror delves into these quiet communities to examine what is behind these stories and myths, and to shine a light on what may be lurking in the shadows of small-town America.
These include the Pigman of Angola in New York, the hauntings of circus town Baraboo, Wisconsin, the blood-stained history of Perryville, Kentucky, and more.
King of the Road 2
Channel: eReality (Openview 108)
TX Time: 22h15
Genre: Reality
King of the Road documents the lives of members of three teams of skateboarders as they take a road trip down the West Coast from Seattle to San Diego as part of Thrasher Magazine's annual scavenger hunt.
Some of the world's best skaters risk life, limbs and even dignity all in the name of being able to go on the adventure of a lifetime.
As part of the scavenger hunt, the teams are sent on unusual - and sometimes perilous - challenges, which include grinding down a flaming rail.
Once again, Jackass meets The Amazing Race, as Thrasher Magazine's annual scavenger hunt returns with a vengeance.
Three groups of the world's best skaters [Team Creature, Deathwish and Enjoi] go on the adventure of a lifetime, putting their life, limb and dignity in increasingly ridiculous peril.
To rack up points, the teams must complete challenges that run the gamut from pulling a 360-degree flip while wearing high heels to eating a raw egg, shell and all or shaving off an eyebrow.
In other challenges, the teams pick two riders to be handcuffed to each other for 12 hours and complete a ridiculous range of tasks and tricks.
And for the first time - an all-female team joins the action mid-season.
In the Season 2 premiere, "The Quickest Piss in the West!": The games begin in Albuquerque, starting with a ramp malfunction and ending with an even more horrific urine-drinking challenge.
The Musketeers 2
Channel: BBC UKTV (DStv 134)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Period Drama, Action, Adventure
Drama series based on the characters from Alexandre Dumas's novel The Three Musketeers, which follows a group of highly trained musketeers commanded by Captain Treville who fight to protect the King and Country.
Vividly evoking the grit and grime of 17th century Paris's mean streets, this crack team of highly trained soldiers fight for honour, for valour, for love, and just for the pure thrill of it.
On the streets of 17th century Paris, law and order is more a fledgling idea than reality, and the Musketeers - Athos, Aramis and Porthos - are far more than merely royal bodyguards for King Louis XIII; they are inseparable, loyal unto death and committed to upholding justice.
In the second season, France teeters on the brink of war with Spain, and the death of Cardinal Richelieu has left a void that could yet be filled by an even darker threat.
Meanwhile, the Comte de Rochefort has escaped from a Spanish prison and aims to establish himself at court.
An old friend of the Queen, Rochefort is a strong-willed soldier who has suffered a terrible ordeal at the hands of his captors.
But the Musketeers soon discover that this supposed ally is not all that he appears...
In the Season 2 premiere, "Keep Your Friends Close": The Musketeers return and must rescue a French General from an impenetrable Spanish Prison.
TVSA Show Page: The Musketeers 2
Makoti... Are You the One? 2
Channel: Mzansi Wethu (DStv 163)
TX Time: 19h30
Genre: Reality
What happens when four potential wives choose to move into their potential mother-in-law's home, with the hopes of earning their blessing to marry her son?
That's the premise of Makoti... Are You the One?
The series takes the cultural practice referred to as 'ukukotiza' in isiZulu – a period where a woman moves in with her in-laws after lobola is paid – and brings it earlier into the courtship, allowing couples to possibly stop themselves from making what could be a huge mistake.
The show follows couples from vastly different backgrounds who are hoping to take their relationship to the ultimate step, marriage.
But will their ideological, religious, socioeconomic and cultural differences get in the way of their happiness?
There's only one way to find out – by the potential wife moving in with her potential in-laws for 21 days, so that she can master and execute tasks that test if she is indeed someone who can fit into her new family.
By the end of the season, the couples will either make it out out stronger, or crumble.
What happens if the mothers-in-law doesn't approve of their potential makotis – will the son go ahead and marry the woman they love without Mommy's consent?
This season explores the opinions and tasks given to Refiloe, Pinky, Sophie and Wendy by their in-laws in order to determine whether the women are the appropriate fit for their potential families.
Refiloe approached Linda, a tavern owner and hip-hop DJ, as a groupie via Facebook six years ago.
Refiloe is ready to walk down the aisle, but his family wants her to first help him take responsibility for the kids he had before they met.
Taking viewers to her in-law home in Jeppestown, while dealing with their trust issues, Pinky and Shaun have been together since 2016.
They also face the struggle of convincing his mother that she's not as ill-mannered and lazy as his mother believes her to be.
How will she convince her mother-in-law that she's not there to steal the family's breadwinner?
Sophie is a 23-year-old team leader at an insurance company, in a relationship with 28-year-old Prince.
The two met at university in 2019 – the same year she fell pregnant, and he ghosted her.
In the wake of reuniting, his strict Ndebele family has made it clear that they prefer his ex-girlfriend.
Then there's Wendy and Lorraine who met and started their office romance in 2018.
Will their families bless their pending nuptials as the two learn to navigate their blended family and try to convince them that their same sex relationship is not a passing phase?
Despite the influence of their potential in-laws, can the women make their relationships work?
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