Empini
Channel: Mzansi Magic (DStv 161)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Telenovela, Drama
Empini is a revenge thriller about a woman who infiltrates the shady world of VIP Security to avenge her father's betrayal, posing the question: how far are you willing to go for revenge?
Set in the dangerous world of the private security industry, the 52-episode series is a high-stakes, action-packed drama about Ndoni Themba (Nambitha Ben-Mazwi), a deeply troubled private security bodyguard in search of answers.
Siyabonga Thwala plays her mentor, Khaya Bhodoza: a prominent businessman and political stalwart.
The series also stars Charmaine Mtinta as Dorah, Ernest Ndlovu as Enoch, Owen Sejake as General Moeti, Angela Sithole as Winnie, Amahle Khumalo as Nosipho and Neo Ntlatleng as Uhuru Moeti.
Also starring are Sandile Mahlangu as Jabulani Ngubane, Terrence Ngwila as Thobani Kodisang, Kabelo Thai as Madlopa Mkhwanazi and Joseph Sedibo as Mkhonto Bhodoza.
Empini is a Showmax Original, produced by Clive Morris Productions.
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The Day of the Jackal
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Thriller, Action, Drama
A retelling of the 1971 Frederick Forsyth novel of the same name, with the 86-year-old author serving as a consulting producer.
An elite sniper, a master of disguise and a highly trained killer, the Jackal (Eddie Redmayne) is an assassin, coldly carrying out hits for a fee.
Following an attack on a high-profile and notorious politician, he's offered his riskiest job yet - one that could pay him enough to leave his murderous career for good.
But his work has attracted the attention of Bianca (Lashana Lynch), a tenacious British intelligence officer, whose world-class expertise in firearms makes her the ideal candidate to hunt him down.
Bianca starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake.
Joining Redmayne and Lynch is Úrsula Corberó, star of the global series La Casa De Papel (Money Heist), in the role of Nuria, someone at the heart of The Jackal's personal life, entirely unaware of who he truly is.
Dirty Mudder Truckers
Channel: Discovery Family (DStv 136)
TX Time: 20h10
Genre: Motoring, Reality
This series takes you inside the not-so-secret world of underground truck racing for the ultimate adrenaline rush.
Chuck Davis, Chris Ledford and Matt Steele founded 'Trucks Gone Wild' in 2005 with small bogging and truck pull down events in the Central Florida area.
hese events have evolved into fierce, thrilling competitions with the baddest drivers and trucks out there.
In this series, the Dirty 7 - a crew of top racers in Central Florida - get down and dirty in The Pit facing challengers from around the country and pushing their machines to the limit.
Each week, a different crew from around the US will head down to Central Florida to take on the Dirty 7 in The Pit - a 750 foot stretch of mud with a 10-foot table top jump.
This track is designed to eat up mega trucks, and only the toughest will cross the finish line in one piece.
With seven races, a cash prize on the line and unlimited side bets, the crews battle it out in a head to head grudge match to see who will come out on top, take home the cold, hard cash and earn bragging rights as the best crew out there.
For the Dirty 7, truck racing isn't just a passion, it's a way of life.
These men put blood, sweat and tears into building and racing their mega trucks to prove they're the baddest crew around.
The race masters, Chris Ledford and Matt Steele, are constantly in the thick of it as handlers of the prize pot, money, car parts, final race results and everything in between while the resident gearhead, Chuck, makes sure the trucks are up to standard and ready to race at their full potential.
Growing up with truck racing in their blood, every crew knows the Dirty 7 are the ones to beat.
The rising star of the Dirty 7 in Central Florida, Chris Libak has turned his 392 small block Chevy nicknamed Animalistic, into a wild ride, while Pete's 1993 Toyota mega truck known as Chasin' Paper will do whatever it takes to get the cash money.
Keith Spiker takes it to the limit in his 1983, bright orange Chevy 1500, known as Hammerhead and Randy Priest hits The Pit in his 2003 Dodge Dakota, Mudstick - a big nasty truck with a lot of horsepower.
Wes Jr. is all about the adrenaline rush when he is Ridin Dirty in his high jumping, mega truck.
Jimmy jumps behind the wheel of his big block Chevy, Riddle, with one goal in mind - being the baddest of them all.
And finally, Nick rounds out the Dirty 7 with his mega truck, Grass Money.
Escaping Polygamy 3
Channel: S3
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Docu-Reality
Escaping Polygamy returns for a third season following Andrea, Jessica and Shanell, three sisters who escaped polygamy in their youth and now devote their lives to helping others get out and successfully begin new lives away from the only world they have ever known.
Andrea, Jessica and Shanell daringly left the Kingston clan, a polygamous group based in Salt Lake City, Utah, known as "The Order."
Since escaping the polygamous cult, the sisters have devoted their lives to helping friends and strangers alike do the same.
The path out of polygamy is not an easy one for those who choose to leave, from the often dangerous initial escape, to the struggle to adjust to a life isolated from their friends and family still in polygamy.
As more polygamous sects become aware of the girls' mission, these challenges have become even greater.
Groups have tightened the hold over their followers making successful escapes more dangerous.
This season, the many people who enlist help from the girls include a son of powerful FLDS prophet Warren Jeffs, who leaves the religion to find his mother who he has been separated from for most of his life.
There's also a mother hoping to find her daughters who have been hidden within an elite group in the FLDS community; and a young girl who desperately wants to rescue the love of her life in a dangerous mission that further exposes the dark and treacherous realities of polygamy.
In the Season 3 premiere, "Family Under Fire": Jessica and Andrea receive word from Jesse, a father desperate to escape the polygamous group known as the AUB, that all but forces their members into a life of polygamy.
As Jesse and his family try to escape, an explosive secret about Jesse's dark past in the group is revealed and puts the entire team in danger.
Suddenly everyone not only fears for the success of the mission, but they fear for their lives.
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