The Matshai Sisters
Channel: Mzansi Magic (DStv 161)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Reality, Docu-Reality
Reality show about five township-fabulous sisters who navigate life, constant feuding and the curse threatening their bond.
Meet the Matshai Family:
Thoko (43)
The fiery eldest who's convinced their family is cursed and is on a mission to heal their fractured bonds.
Phumzile (41)
Phumzile feels like she sacrificed for the family and raised herself and that it's her time now.
Twins Zanele & Zandile (35)
The spirited duo whose close-knit bond creates both unity and chaos.
Busi (25)
The youngest sister, whose arrival has only fueled the family's explosive conflicts.
And at the centre of it all is their mother,
Ntombi Matshai (68), forever caught in the storm of her daughters' relentless disputes.
The series kicks off with Thoko's firm belief that their constant bickering stems from a family curse.
Determined to find resolution, she calls a long-overdue family meeting, hoping to bring them together for the first time in years.
Deep-seated resentment towards their late father also lingers, as they believe his failure to honour traditional customs like ‘ukuhlawula' for four of the five daughters, may be contributing to the misfortunes that plague their lives.
Will the Matshai sisters manage to break the curse and rebuild their bonds?
Holiday Wars 5
Channel: Food Network (DStv 175)
TX Time: 17h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Food
Holiday Wars is back with teams of elite cake, candy and cookie artists battling it out over eight episodes in over-the-top confectionery challenges inspired by holiday tales.
Host Jeff Mauro and judges Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira lead all of this season's action.
In the end, only one team is named Holiday Wars champion and awarded the grand prize: an all-expenses paid trip to see Iceland's Northern lights.
In the Season 5 premiere, "Love at 'Frost' Sight": Jeff Mauro welcomes three teams of cake, sugar and cookie artists to the holiday bakeshop, where they will create a scene depicting the exact moment Mr. and Mrs. Claus fell in love.
Judges Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira decide which two teams are the perfect match and which team is heading home for the holidays.
Gangland with Annika Larsen
Channel: eNCA (DStv 402)
TX Time: 20h30
Genre: Documentary Series, Interview Show, True Crime
Gangland, an Annika Larsen Special Report, is a four-part series on e.tv and eNCA that delves into the rise and fall of Western Cape's most notorious gangsters.
The series explores the recent high-profile arrests of alleged crime bosses and the violent power vacuum left behind, the infiltration of international crime syndicates, and the devastating effects on local communities.
The first episode opens with the rise of powerful gang leaders in the Western Cape.
For decades, they dominated the underworld, seemingly untouchable by law enforcement.
However, in recent years, a seismic shift has occurred.
High-profile arrests have brought down these crime bosses, leaving a power vacuum in the gangland hierarchy.
The downfall of the old guard triggers a bloody gang war. Gangs splinter, and violent turf battles erupt across the Western Cape.
The increase in gang-related murders is a direct consequence of the leadership void.
This gritty four-part exposé takes you deep inside the Western Cape's criminal underworld, revealing the true cost of gang violence on South African society.
Annika Larsen and her team question whether justice will be done or will ruthless new gang lords cause more carnage in an already chaotic world.
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