We’re set for a fascinating February with DStv’s Family’s documentary, reality and lifestyle shows. Meet people in strange situations, explore history from unique viewpoints, and experience healing with real-life South Africans in crisis.
We go back into the underworlds of black markets in Trafficked With Mariana Van Zeller Season 2. It’s a case of truth being stranger than fiction as we see how real-life criminals run their organisations. And black history and archaeology take the spotlight in Rise Again: Tulsa & The Red Summer and The Clotilda: Last American Slave Ship.
If you love it local, DStv Family has stories for all sorts of South African families. Thuso Mtanung is back helping couples in crisis in Lenyalo Lethata Season 2, Thembi Nyathi calls on the spirit world to help families in need in Dloz'Lami Season 4, and Teenage Pregnancy Season 1 is a sit-down-with-the-kids show that follows real-life pregnant South African teenagers to show the reality of their lives and struggles. And Bishop Zondo Trial Season 1 shines a spotlight on GBV and the abuse of power.
There are sweeter stories, too, as Alvin Bruinders and Gerhard Steyn take us around the country in Konings Van Kitskos Season 7, and Marinda Engelbrecht invites notable South Africans into her kitchen in Stoofstories Met Marinda Season 1.
You can get competitive with Survivor South Africa Season 8, The $100,000 Pyramid Season 5 and Slim Vang Sy Baas Season 3. There are spooky mysteries in Beyond The Unknown Season 2 and Kindred Spirits Season 5. And Sundays are for stand-up, with a different Trevor Noah airing every Sunday on DStv Family this February.
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Deep Dive Documentaries
Trafficked With Mariana Van Zeller Season 2
Journalist Mariana Van Zeller calls on local journalists and activists to help her to tap into the world's most illicit smuggling pipelines, from source to destination. She investigates everyone from romance scammers and deadly plastic surgery mills to white supremacist organisations training American extremists in the Ukraine.
Watch Trafficked With Mariana Van Zeller Season 2 from Thursday, 17 February on National Geographic (DStv Channel 181) at 21:00
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Apocalypse: Hitler Takes On The East Season 1
This 2-episode doccie is a definitive analysis of Adolf Hitler’s greatest gamble – launching an attack against the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. Find out how and why it failed, despite being the largest German operation of WWII.
Watch Apocalypse: Hitler Takes On The East Season 1 from Tuesday, 1 February on National Geographic (DStv Channel 181) at 21:00
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Rise Again: Tulsa & The Red Summer
The National Geographic Society has co-funded the excavation of a mass grave in Tulsa. DNA analysis might connect the deceased to descendants alive today and pave the way for previously denied insurance pay-outs. The excavation is part of Tulsa’s effort to reckon with the past and bring back a thriving black business community.
Watch Rise Again: Tulsa & The Red Summer on Sunday, 6 February on National Geographic (DStv Channel 181) at 20:00
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The Clotilda: Last American Slave Ship
This special documentary, shot in the style of a CSI mystery, brings life to an emotional human drama and an underwater archaeological expedition. Dive into the history of the last American slave ship: The Clotilda, which was scuttled in 1860 just 5 years before the US constitution abolished slavery.
Watch The Clotilda: Last American Slave Ship on Sunday, 27 February on National Geographic (DStv Channel 181) at 21:00
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Bishop Zondo Trial Season 1
Bishop Stephen Zondo is standing trial on 10 counts of assault, accusations brought by members of his congregation. His trial started on 15 November 2021 but has been postponed to July 2022. Moja Love speaks to former pastors who worked with him, and GBV organisations, and shows the happenings of the trial.
Watch Bishop Zondo Trial Season 1 from Sunday, 27 February on Moja Love (DStv Channel 157) at 22:00
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Reality people
Teenage Pregnancy Season 1
The series focuses on the controversial subject of teen pregnancy. We will follow 4 pregnant teenagers as they navigate the bumpy terrains of adolescence, growing pains, rebellion and coming of age, all while dealing with being pregnant. Each story offers a unique look into the wide variety of challenges that pregnant teens face in South Africa today.
Watch Teenage Pregnancy Season 1 from Tuesday, 1 February on Moja Love (DStv Channel 157) at 21:30
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Dloz'Lami Season 4
Hosted by Thembi Nyathi this reality show will offer spiritual guidance and try to find some answers for the participants who are facing difficulties in their lives. Thembi acts as an interpreter between these families and those who’ve passed on, to help them tackle the problems of today.
Watch Dloz'Lami Season 4 from Tuesday, 1 February on Moja Love (DStv Channel 157) at 22:00
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Lenyalo Lethata Season 2
Charismatic host Thuso Mtanung continues his quest of mending couples’ relationships through deep, meaningful conversations. Thuso aims to demonstrate communication skills to teach both us and his clients how to foster emotionally healthy relationships, speak out about our expectations and form true partnerships based on mutual respect.
Watch Lenyalo Lethata Season 2 from Saturday, 5 February on Moja Love (DStv Channel 157) at 20:30
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Konings Van Kitskos Season 7
Best friends Alvin Bruinders and Gerhard Steyn are back from the weight loss in Skud Dit Af, and back on the road to visit the best fast-food joints in South Africa. Once they read that menu, they’re headed for the most intriguing local speciality they can spot.
Watch Konings Van Kitskos Season 7 from Tuesday, 8 February on VIA (DStv Channel 147) at 17:00
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Stoofstories Met Marinda Season 1
Cooking meets talk show in a warm dish of nostalgia with host and TV chef Marinda Engelbrecht (Maklik Met Marinda). Marinda pays tribute to veteran South African celebrities and public figures, who sit down with her in her kitchen to tell their stories over a glass of wine or cup of tea.
Watch Stoofstories Met Marinda Season 1 from Wednesday, 9 February on VIA (DStv Channel 147) at 17:00
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Doodgewone Jo Season 4
It’s your bro show, back again. Jo Black, the bearded butcher with the kind heart and the golden voice, and his friends take on sports, hunting, cross-fit, quad-biking, classic cars, and technology as Jo redefines what it means for him to be a man in a modern context.
Watch Doodgewone Jo Season 4 from Wednesday, 9 February on VIA (DStv Channel 147) at 17:30
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Beyond The Unknown Season 2
Don Wildman brings us to the border between fiction and fact as he visits museums and institutions. This season, explore what really happened on the ghost ship Marie Celeste, learn about the ghost who haunted Al Capone, and see the occult message hidden in the ceiling of New York’s Grand Central Station.
Watch Beyond The Unknown Season 2 from Tuesday, 8 February on Travel Channel (DStv Channel 179) at 21:00
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Kindred Spirits Season 5
Paranormal investigators Amy Bruni and Adam Berry, and psychic medium Chip Coffey visit families tormented by restless spirits. They gather evidence of disturbing events and give a voice to the dead. This season, visit the home of John Proctor, who was executed during the Salem witch trials, the haunted Oliver Estate, and more.
Watch Kindred Spirits Season 5 from Wednesday, 23 February on Travel Channel (DStv Channel 179) at 22:05
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The Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 11
The girls are going to have to keep an eye on blabbermouth Teresa, who starts the season rumour mongering about Evan Goldschneider’s and Joe Gorga’s infidelities. We’ll see the results of Margaret and Dolores’s latest plastic surgery and find out why Jennifer’s mom isn’t welcome at family dinners anymore.
Watch The Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 11 Mondays-Thursdays from Wednesday, 23 February on Me (DStv Channel 115) at 21:30
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Deals, Wheels & Steals Season 1
Welcome to the show that takes you behind the scenes of some of the UK’s liveliest second-hand car auctioneers, as 6 dealers hunt for bargains to buy then sell. With the difficulties in keeping cars roadworthy for a Ministry of Transport certificate, it takes a keen eye to spot a real bargain.
Watch Deals, Wheels & Steals Season 1 from Sunday, 15 February on Ignition (DStv Channel 189) at 15:00
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Competitive Edge
Survivor South Africa Season 8
Host Nico Panagio welcomes 20 new Castaways, aged between 24 and 39 to South Africa’s remote Wild Coast bush in the Eastern Cape. Expect everyone from a rugby coach to an escape game owner, to lawyers, a chemical engineer and an engineering draftsman duking it out.
Watch Survivor South Africa Season 8 from Friday, 25 February on Me (DStv Channel 115) at 21:00
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The $100,000 Pyramid Season 5
Michael Strahan hosts this game show in which celebrity guests (each of whom accompanies an ordinary guest) compete against each other in the hopes of winning big during quick rounds of random questions. This season’s guests include Alex Moffat, Chris Redd, Rachel Dratch and Ralph Macchio.
Watch The $100,000 Pyramid Season 5 Saturdays & Sundays from Saturday, 5 February on Me (DStv Channel 115) at 17:00 (double bill)
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Eendag Season 2
Have you been putting off the big day? Now the Eendag producers have agreed to provide everything from the venue to the catering, but the couples who appear on the show have just 1 day to plan all the arrangements for their big day before they walk the aisle in the afternoon.
Watch Eendag Season 2 from Wednesday, 9 February on VIA (DStv Channel 147) at 20:00
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Slim Vang Sy Baas Season 3
Beer Adriaanse hosts this fun-filled game show filmed in a living room-style studio. In each episode, 2 teams made up of 3 people each go head-to-head in a series of trivia-based challenges. It helps to be cunning because the questions will hold some surprises.
Watch Slim Vang Sy Baas Season 3 from Friday, 11 February on VIA (DStv Channel 147) at 17:30
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