This may be one of the more colder winters we've had in recent years, but we've decided to keep your screens blazing with the finest local entertainment on Fridays! To ensure that you are able to kick into your weekend on a super high note, we've elevated your Friday evenings to be filled with a fine line up of the most loved South African shows. It's a perfect mix of variety entertainment, ensorcelling drama, a telenovela full of explosive plot twists and unscripted reality! Here's what you should be catching every Friday on 1Magic, DStv channel 103. 

V-ENTERTAINMENT 

Be treated to the freshest celebrity scoops, entertainment insights and exclusive interviews with our Somizi and Moozlie. In each episode, the glamorous media personalities host a slew of some of the biggest names in South Africa for exclusive interviews. Their only rule is authenticity, allowing top names to indulge us all in their most unfiltered realities while keeping an eye on the fun elements that attend to the show! Tune in Fridays at 18:30 to see what's making waves in local and international pop culture, while laughing yourself silly. 

BEING BONANG

In case you've missed it, moghel is back on your screens! The reality series, which chronicles the life of Bonang Matheba as she balances her busy professional life with her entertaining personal world, returns to viewers glimpses of Bonang's life as a new CEO, an international award winner and a gamechanger. She's launched her own range of sparkling bubbly, further amplifying her appreciation for business, celebrating victory and, well, 'champagne, darling!' 

GRASSROOTS 

Proceed to Grassroots at 19:00, a new local series following the lives of two young men, Asanda and Monwabisi, as they journey to manhood. The grippling tale zooms in on the boys as they battle to move beyond an all old family feud which now follows them as they leave the Eastern Cape to complete their highschool in Johannesburg. It's here they find themselves having to share a room, creating an inflamatory situation. 

THE RIVER

Lindiwe has lost everything. Her power, iinfluence, husband and family all fell from her fingertips when they found out she's behind a murder. It's been months of watching her navigate life in the poor township of Refilwe, where she must adjust to a world far removed from the affluent lifestyle she's used to. How will she climb the ladder? Follow intriguing story on The River, Fridays at 20:00, exclusive to 1Magic. 

Stay tuned for the best entertainment on 1Magic, DStv channel 103.