With Love, Meghan
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Reality, Food, Lifestyle
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex invites friends and famous guests to a beautiful California estate, where she shares cooking, gardening and hosting tips.
This series, produced by Meghan, reimagines the genre of lifestyle programming, blending practical how-tos and candid conversation with friends, new and old.
Meghan shares personal tips and tricks, embracing playfulness over perfection and highlights how easy it can be to create beauty, even in the unexpected.
She and her guests roll up their sleeves in the kitchen, the garden and beyond, and invite you to do the same.
Guests include Roy Choi, Mindy Kaling and Alice Waters, with additional acclaimed chefs and special friends.
Uthando Lukama (A Mother's Love)
Channel: VIU
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Telenovela
Brazilian telenovela dubbed into Zulu.
The story follows the intertwining lives of three women as they navigate the complexities of motherhood.
There's Lurdes, who has spent 26 years searching for her kidnapped son; Thelma, who faces terminal illness while preparing her son for a future without her; and Vitória, who unexpectedly finds herself pregnant as she begins the adoption process.
Tronk Voëls (Jailers)
Channel: VIU
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Telenovela, Afrikaans
Brazilian telenovela dubbed into Afrikaans and English.
Tronk Voëls delves into the Brazilian penitentiary system through the perspective of Adriano, a prison guard committed to maintaining order through dialogue rather than violence.
As he navigates the high-stakes environment of the prison, Adriano's dedication to peace is persistently challenged.
Celebrate! With Chef Nti
Channel: Real Time (DStv 155)
TX Time: 12h00
Genre: Food
This Chef is leaving food carts and simple snacks behind and adding a little razzle dazzle to her dishes.
Sometimes it's a samp and beans night and you're done. But after the lockdown years, South Africa is getting back into the party spirit.
And if you want to shower everyone you love with flavour, heart and beauty, Chef Nthabiseng "Nti" Ramaboai is beckoning you into her kitchen.
In Celebrate! With Chef Nti, the Street Food In Africa Chef is leaving food carts and simple snacks behind to go all-out for holiday food for Easter and Christmas, family celebrations, weddings and parties.
It's not just enough to taste great, these dishes must dazzle. And Chef Nti is going to show us how.
Chef Nti has been showcasing her take on traditional African meals in Taste Kitchen since 2018, so you can expect a real taste of the continent, with favourite celebration dishes like jollof rice.
But we're also getting a trip around the world for the travel-starved with some of Chef Nti's tributes to international cuisine like chicken parmesan and creamy polenta, cheesy mushroom arrancinnis, Greek sheet pan chicken, lobster sorghum risotto, Mediterranean feta and fresh tomato tart, aubergine caponata with cannellini, ground chicken wonton soup, teriyaki-glazed salmon, avo & cucumber with crunch and Spanish cod in one pot.
Then when you want something sweet and pretty, Chef Nti rustles up pecan and cinnamon monkey bread, strawberry daiquiri trifle, raspberry tartlets and summer sun tea.
It's all perfect for sharing, with heart, soul and love.
Destruction Decoded 2
Channel: National Geographic Channel (DStv 181 / StarSat 220)
TX Time: 18h50
Genre: Documentary Series
In Destruction Decoded we explore transformative, Earth-shattering events with a mix of carefully selected archives, cutting-edge CGI and thorough research.
We rank and analyze these catastrophic incidents to create an engaging, immersive experience.
Each episode reveals the causes and tragic stories behind these unforgettable disasters, offering a deeper understanding of their impact.
In the Season 2 premiere, "Crashes": Explore the 10 worst train and plane disasters: from hijackings to malfunctions, these catastrophic events reveal the hidden dangers of travel.
Body Cam
Channel: Discovery Channel (DStv 121)
TX Time: 21h55
Genre: Reality
Taking you on the ultimate ride-along, Body Cam gives viewers their own eyewitness look at the life-or-death instant decisions of policework, as told by officers' own body camera footage.
Offering an immersive portrayal of life on the streets, Body Cam engages a unique storytelling technique combining the body camera footage with first-hand accounts to virtually place you in harrowing moments as the suspense builds and the tension rises.
Each episode tells multiple stories of those who vowed to protect and serve in unflinching detail, offering viewers their own personal perspective of officers in life-threatening circumstances.
From domestic disputes to ambushes and traffic stops gone dangerously awry, Body Cam profiles just how quickly seemingly routine situations can escalate into tragic altercations.
Each story in Body Cam transports you headfirst into the reality of law enforcement, seeing the world as they see it from the moment they get the call from dispatch.
Between body camera and dashcam footage, dispatch and radio transmissions with additional officers on scene, get a completely authentic, front-row seat as the pursuit intensifies.
Each story weaves interviews with responding officers throughout to provide critical context to their decisions and to provide a raw understanding of the aftershocks of the drama.
At the conclusion of each story, emotional interviews with those who lived through the events provide additional insight to the life-changing, sometimes tragically fatal, moments.
In the series premiere, "Shots Fired": A domestic dispute call in Uniontown, Ohio turns into a violent shoot-out, leaving Sgt David White fighting for his life.
The episode ends in Glendale, Ohio, when rookie Josh Helling is forced to pull his weapon on a busy highway when a pedestrian unexpectedly pulls a knife.
Additional stories covered this season include: a domestic dispute in Deltona, Florida escalates into an armed siege as a mother narrowly escapes with a gunshot wound that leaves her children hostage inside the house with the shooter.
A brutal crime is caught on camera, sparking a manhunt for a vicious killer in Newport News, Virginia,
Serving an arrest warrant to a sex offender turns deadly in Muldrow, Oklahoma.
Sheriff's deputies battle a deadly fire which quickly turns into a murder investigation in Hudson Falls, New York.
And an armed man on the loose in Americus, Georgia vows that he'd rather die than go back to jail, murdering two officers in the process.
Andrew Schulz: LIFE
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Comedy, Special
In this heartfelt special, Andrew Schulz unpacks the wildest moment of his life — becoming a father.
Making a baby isn't easy.
In LIFE, Andrew Schulz's most personal special yet, he takes us on a hilarious and humbling journey of trying to start a family.
Schulz breaks down the chaos of IVF like only he can.
From pumping out samples to dodging emotional landmines, it's raw, it's real, and it'll make you grateful your swimmers (probably) work.