DStv Compact Plus Highlights for March 2026

News 01 March 2026

A new season of Suidooster, Werner Herzhog’s Ghost Elephants, and VIA’s Gholftoer spice up March.

DStv Compact Plus Highlights for March 2026

March is the hottest month on Compact Plus!

Whether you like seeing buff men sweat over swords in Forged in Fire, prospectors bake under the sun in Gold Wars Downunder, couples get hot under the collar in First Dates Australia, or you’re ready to uncover the mysteries of the desert in Secrets in the Sand, get ready to sizzle!

We also welcome a new season of Suidooster, while Oscar-nominated director Werner Herzog takes us on a nature walk in Angola in Ghost Elephants, and we take a Gholftoer with VIA.

And there’s so much more to see.

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A local love affair

Suidooster

The Ruiterbosch community is refreshed and ready for drama after a busy SAFTAs season, and it looks like love is blossoming between Riaan (Daniel Coetzee) and Amanda (Lindie Strydom). Meanwhile Annie and Wade have to navigate the growing trust issues between them. Susan and Elena are drawn into an emotional journey thanks to a life-altering decision that Linda has to make, which will impact all their dreams as a family. Rhafiek has a health scare, and cracks show at JPD.

Stream Suidooster Season 12 on Mondays-Fridays at 6PM from Monday, 30 March on kykNET Channel 144. Available on Catch Up.

Gholftoer

Slip on your tartan pants and loudest shirt, we’re hitting the road with golf pro Gideon Van Rensburg and South Africa’s favourite wine connoisseur, JP Quickelberge (you might know him from the Kelderklas Podcast and Wine Q&A), a keen amateur golfer. These new best buddies are off to explore our country’s golf courses, combining friendly competition, local culture, and quirky challenges as they team up with local golfers to tackle the course and uncover the area’s hidden gems.

Stream Gholftoer Season 1 from Wednesday, 25 March at 6PM on VIA Channel 147.

Close-up documentaries

Ghost Elephants

Oscar-nominated director Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man) follows South African naturalist and National Geographic Explorer Dr Steve Boyes, his film partner Kerllen Costa (the team behind Into the Okavango and the award-winning podcast Guardians of the River) and their San guides on a 10-year quest to track an elusive, nocturnal, and silent herd of elephants that have become a local legend in the remote highland plateaus of Angola – a place they call The Land at the End of the Earth.

Stream Ghost Elephants on Wednesday, 11 March at 6PM on National Geographic Wild Channel 182.

Secrets in the Sand

Violent sandstorms and relentless erosion are reshaping arid regions around the world, exposing lost ancient cities and mysterious geological formations. Each one-hour episode combines CGI, archive footage, and expert analysis to bring four different stories to life. This season includes the rediscovery of a lost Silk Road, an Egyptian necropolis with a million mummies, a lost temple carved into a cliff, evidence of mass child sacrifices in Peru, and the world's oldest ritual hunting sites in Jordan.

Stream Secrets in the Sand Season 2 from Monday, 2 March at 7:25PM on History Channel 186. Available on Catch Up.

Sizzling hot reality

Forged in Fire

America’s best bladesmiths compete to create beautiful and deadly weapons, taking inspiration from the ancient world and modern masters who’ve contributed to the Forged in Fire Vault. Coming up, they must recreate the most terrifying siege weapons ever seen in battle. And a Hollywood-themed challenge lets smiths make weapons like Arya Starks' Needle from Game of Thrones, Iñigo Montoya's sword from The Princess Bride, Robin Hood's bow from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and The Shining’s fire-fighter axe.

Stream Forged in Fire Season 10 from Monday, 9 March at 8:15PM on History Channel 186. Available on Catch Up.

First Dates Australia

Tommy Little narrates this romantic reality series that allows us to spy on couples as they meet for the first time over dinner at the First Dates restaurant, which is studded with hidden cameras that allow us to follow every morsel of conversation. Behind the scenes, the matchmakers who’ve brought these strangers together get to see how good they really are. And at the end the couples reveal whether they want a second date, or just a doggie bag.

Stream First Dates Australia Season 5 from Sunday, 22 March at 7PM on BBC Lifestyle Channel 174. Available on Catch Up.

Gold Wars Downunder

There’s a modern-day gold rush going on in Clermont, Australia. This reality series follows the lives of three hardcore mining teams as they battle it out on a single, hostile patch of gold-rich land. As the metal’s price hits a 10-year high, will Gold Coast socialite couple Kimberley and Ritchie of Maverkade Mining, Swiss Diggings team Donnie and Dennis, or Scratchy Moo’s Matt and Damo unearth the biggest nuggets in an epic gold hunting season?

Stream Gold Wars Downunder Season 1 from Thursday, 19 March on History Channel 186 at 7:25PM. Available on Catch Up.

Nico Reynolds Cook in, Cook Out

Irish chef Nico Reynolds spent six years traveling throughout Latin America, inspired by the Latin and Caribbean food that his Jamaican grandmother made. Now he’s bringing sunshine to your plate with exciting flavour combinations and spins on the classics, like Irish stout pork tacos with pineapple salsa, cheesy grilled pizza dogs, and beef shin and bacon cottage pie. Get ready for six mouthwatering episodes, whether you’re ready to braai, or prefer to hide from the weather inside.

Stream Nico Reynolds Cook In, Cook Out Season 1 from Tuesday, 17 March at 9PM on BBC Lifestyle Channel 174. Available on Catch Up.

It’s a crime

Sister Boniface Mysteries

Get ready for a spin on Murder on the Orient Express! The Big Freeze – Britain’s worst winter on record – strands Sister Boniface (Lorna Wilson) and her fellow travellers in a set of snowed-in train carriages. As the cold bites in deeper, a jewel named the Star of the Orient is stolen and a passenger is murdered, but Sister Boniface notices more than people realise. Later a kidnapping disrupts the first-ever sci-fi convention held in the little town of Great Slaughter.

Stream Sister Boniface Mysteries Season 3 from Sunday, 29 March at 8PM on BBC Brit Channel 120. Available on Catch Up.

Lost Women of Alaska

Octavia Spencer’s production company Orit Entertainment turns its attention to the 2018 and 2019 murders of two Alaska Native women, Veronica Abouchuk and Kathleen Jo Henry. Public outcry and some unlikely heroes refused to let their cases grow cold, drawing eyes to the growing number of dead Indigenous women dumped along Alaska's Seward Highway who were dismissed as “runaways” or “addicts”. Their case unmasked a South African-born serial killer who ranted about Black people and crime in online forums.

Stream Lost Women of Alaska Season 1 from Sunday, 8 March at 9PM on ID Channel 171.

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