INSIDE THE KIM KARDASHIAN HEIST
TLC SA (DStv Channel 135) | 9pm on Sundays (from 1 March)
In May 2025, eight people were convicted in Paris of robbing Kim Kardashian of jewellery worth $6 million during Paris Fashion Week in 2016.
The documentary series explores the psychological impact of the attack and examines whether Kardashian’s real-time social media posts may have contributed to the targeting. It also looks at the group of career criminals — later dubbed the “grandpa robbers” — who were ultimately brought to justice.
Watch the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
MAKOTI BOOTCAMP S1
Moja Love (DStv Channel 157) | 7pm on Sundays (from 1 March)
This Moja Love reality series follows a group of modern women sent to a traditional “Makoti Bootcamp” where they learn the ancient cultural duties expected of brides.
The bootcamp strips them of all luxuries and puts them through challenges that test their resilience, cultural understanding and ability to adapt.
INIMBA S2
Mzansi Magic (DStv Channel 161) | New timeslot: 8:30pm on weekdays from 2 March
Mzansi Magic’s Inimba is back for a second season on the back of five SAFTA nominations, including Best Telenovela and Most Popular TV Soap or Telenovela.
S2 opens with the families of Zoleka Bikitsha and Lazarus Ngcukana coming together for a celebration of love, where the arrival of Lazarus’s cousin, Azande, ignites a silent war over succession inside the Ngcukana empire.
SAFTA nominee Lunathi Mampofu plays Zoleka opposite SAFTA winner Loyiso MacDonald as Lazarus, with SAFTA nominee Siya Sepotokele joining the cast as Azande. Zenande Mfenyana also returns in her SAFTA-nominated and National Film and Television Award-winning role as Thumeka, who is trying to move on from grief and redefine her dignity this season.
MR. BIGSTUFF S2
M-Net (DStv Channel 101) | 10pm on Wednesdays from 4 March
Mr. Bigstuff returns as the two estranged brothers grapple with the revelation that their father is still alive and set out to track him down.
Danny Dyer reprises his BAFTA-winning role as Lee opposite series creator Ryan Sampson (Brassic) as Glen.
Season 1 was Sky’s highest-rated original comedy in the three years following the relaunch of SkyMax.
Watch the trailer, which has over two million views:
https://youtu.be/Od5WpvWmDr8?
EMPIRE WITH DAVID OLUSOGA
BBC Earth (DStv Channel 184) | 7pm on Thursdays from 5 March
Empire with David Olusoga explores the history and legacy of the British Empire, examining how it shaped Britain and the wider world, and how it continues to influence the identities of billions today.
BAFTA-winning historian David Olusoga (Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners, Union with David Olusoga) travels to the Americas, the Caribbean, Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Australia to consider the empire’s lasting impact on nations and communities.
The Guardian calls it “a fascinating, first-class primer.”
Watch the trailer:
https://youtu.be/nYYdn-r1Rc4?
ICC T20 WORLD CUP FINAL
SuperSport Cricket (DStv Channel 212) | Sunday, 8 March
LAW, LOVE AND BETRAYAL S2
Mzansi Magic (DStv Channel 161) | Sundays at 8pm from 8 March
Showmax Original | Mondays from 9 March on Showmax
Ayanda (Pearl Modiadie) is Gumede & Associates’ new boss but she has everyone gunning for her, from her former mentor to Nkabinde Inc’s new advocate.
SAFTA winner Shannon Esra joins the cast as Sandra Stein, a recurring character across the likes of The River and Gomora. Other new faces include SAFTA nominee Nhlanhla Kunene (Tsiki Tsiki in Adulting), Sparky Xulu (Zenzele in Empini) and Katlego Lebogang (Spinners, Soft Life), who won the National Film & TV Awards Best Newcomer prize in 2024.
YoMzansi described the first season as “a legal drama filled with twists, tension, and gripping courtroom chaos.”
Watch the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
NOBODY 2
M-Net (DStv Channel 101) | 8pm on Sunday, 8 March
Showmax | Stream from Monday, 9 March
Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk was nominated for Best Actor in an Action Movie at the Critics Choice Super Awards for Nobody, a #1 US box office hit which was also up for Best Action Movie.
In the sequel, overworked hitman Hutch Mansell decides to take his family on holiday to Wild Bill’s Majestic Midway and Waterpark to reconnect. When a minor encounter with some town bullies yanks the family into the crosshairs of a corrupt theme-park operator and his shady sheriff, Hutch finds himself the focus of the most unhinged, bloodthirsty crime boss he (or anyone) has ever encountered.
The all-star cast includes International Emmy nominee Connie Nielsen, Oscar nominee Sharon Stone, Grammy winner RZA, Emmy winner Christopher Lloyd, and Emmy nominee Colin Hanks.
The Hollywood Reporter says Odenkirk “one-ups Liam Neeson in not only becoming an unlikely action movie star at a mature age but also displaying an impressive physicality in the elaborately staged fight scenes.”
Watch the trailer, which has over 20 million views:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
LOST WOMEN OF ALASKA
ID Africa (DStv Channel 171) | 9pm on Sunday, 8 March
Lost Women of Alaska follows the cases of Indigenous women Veronica Abouchuk and Kathleen Jo Henry, killed in 2018 and 2019. Their deaths, allegedly at the hands of a South African-born serial killer, form part of a broader crisis affecting Indigenous communities in Alaska.
Executive produced by Oscar winner Octavia Spencer, Lost Women of Alaska forms part of ID’s Emmy-nominated Lost Women franchise.
Watch the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
GOAT GIRL
Cartoon Network (DStv Channel 301) | 5pm on weekdays from 9 March
Tarzan was raised by apes. Mowgli was raised by wolves. Gigi was raised by goats.
An official selection at the Annecy Animation Festival, Goat Girl follows 13-year-old Gigi as she leaves her mountain home for boarding school, where she must adjust to life among humans.
Watch the trailer:
https://vimeo.com/733638726
GHOST ELEPHANTS
National Geographic Wild (DStv Channel 182) | 6pm on Wednesday, 11 March
Ghost Elephants follows a decade-long quest into the remote highland plateaus of Angola to track down a nocturnal and silent herd, rarely seen but intrinsically tied to local beliefs.
South African naturalist and National Geographic Explorer Dr Steve Boyes believes these silent forest dwellers could belong to a previously-undiscovered lineage of giant African elephants – related to the largest land mammal ever recorded. But can he find them?
Directed by Oscar nominee Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man), the documentary reunites the team behind the Emmy-nominated documentary Into the Okavango and the podcast Guardians of the River.
At its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Ghost Elephants received a Special Mention for its treatment of environmental issues. The documentary holds a 100% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with The Hollywood Reporter describing it as “a poetic exploration of human obsession and mysterious nature.”
Watch the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
THE CHALLENGE: ALL STARS S4
MTV (DStv Channel 130) | 10pm on Wednesdays from 11 March
Filmed in Cape Town, The Challenge: All Stars S4 brings together 25 returning competitors for an individual game in which alliances remain important, but only one player can win.
Host T.J. Lavin oversees a series of physical and strategic challenges featuring cast members drawn from The Challenge, The Real World, Road Rules and, for the first time in the All Stars format, Are You the One?. The winner receives $300,000 (over R4.5 million).
As former champions, finalists and long-standing rivals return, the format shifts the focus from team play to individual performance, testing both endurance and relationships built over previous seasons.
Watch the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
THE WEDDING BANQUET
M-Net (DStv Channel 101) | 9pm on Friday, 13 March
Angela and her partner Lee have been unlucky with their IVF treatments, but can’t afford to pay for another round. Their friend Min, the closeted heir of a multinational corporate empire, has plenty of family money but a soon-to-expire student visa. When his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris rejects his proposal, Min makes the offer to Angela instead: a green card marriage in exchange for funding Lee’s IVF.
Five-time Emmy nominee Bowen Yang, Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran (Raya in Raya and the Last Dragon), multi-award winner Joan Chen (Didi) and Oscar winner Youn Yuh-jung (Minari) co-star in this remake of Ang Lee’s Oscar-nominated 90s romcom.
Watch the trailer, which has over three million views:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
UNITED RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP: BULLS V STORMERS
SuperSport Rugby (DStv Channel 211) | 1:55pm on Saturday, 14 March
LONDON CALLING
M-Net (DStv Channel 101) | 8pm on Sunday, 15 March
Showmax | Stream from Monday, 16 March
Shot around Cape Town, London Calling stars ten-time Teen Choice Award nominee Josh Duhamel (Transformers) as hitman Tommy Ward. Down on his luck, he is forced to take his new crime boss’s timid son, Julian, along on his latest contract killing.
MTV Movie Award winner Jeremy Ray Taylor (Ben in the It films), Rick Hoffman (Louis Litt in Suits), and BAFTA nominee Aidan Gillen (Littlefinger in Game of Thrones) co-star.
The South African cast includes Emmy nominee Neil Sandilands, Arnold Vosloo, Brandon Auret, Erica Wessels and Die Kantoor breakout star Daniah de Villiers.
Watch the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
SURVIVOR USA S50
M-Net (DStv Channel 101) | 6pm from Sunday, 15 March
Survivor USA reaches its 50th season with a fan-driven format that allows viewers to vote on key elements of the game. Choices included whether to feature hidden immunity idols, whether to retain the final four fire-making challenge, and whether the winner would be revealed live in Los Angeles or in Fiji.
This is the first time the programme has featured returning players since 2020’s S40. Among those competing are Jenna Lewis-Dougherty (S1), Colby Donaldson (S2), Cirie Fields (S10, S16, S20, S34), Benjamin “Coach” Wade (S18, S20, S23), Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick (S10, S11, S20) and Mike White (S37), creator of The White Lotus. Grammy winner Billie Eilish, YouTuber MrBeast and Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon guest as celebrity fans.
Survivor USA S50 is ranked eighth on The Hollywood Reporter’s list of the most anticipated series of 2026.
Watch the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
98TH ACADEMY AWARDS LIVE
M-Net (DStv Channel 101) | 1am from Monday, 16 March
KINGDOM S1
BBC Earth (DStv 184) | 8pm on Mondays from 16 March
Narrated by three-time Emmy winner Sir David Attenborough, Kingdom follows four African animal families in Zambia’s Luangwa Valley.
The six-part series documents a lion pride, a wild dog pack, a hyena clan and a leopard family over five years as they compete for survival and dominance in one of the most spectacular places on Earth.
The Guardian described the series as “Game of Thrones… if Cersei was a hyena and everyone was competing for some dinner”.
Watch the trailer:
https://youtu.be so/uKzjZu_KVzU?si=
THE MADISON S1
M-Net (DStv Channel 101) | 9pm on Mondays from 16 March (express from the US)
Triple Oscar nominee Michelle Pfeiffer and Emmy nominee Kurt Russell co-star in The Madison. A heartfelt exploration of human connection, the series follows a New York family on holiday in Montana in the aftermath of a tragedy that threatens to unravel their lives.
The “most intimate series yet” from Yellowstone and Landman creator Taylor Sheridan, The Madison also features Beau Garrett (Cloud in Firefly Lane), Patrick J. Adams (Mike Ross in Suits) and Emmy nominees Matthew Fox (Jack Shephard in Lost) and Will Arnett (Gob in Arrested Development).
Emmy nominee Christina Alexandra Voros (Yellowstone, 1883) directs the Paramount+ original, which is one of The Hollywood Reporter’s eleven Most Anticipated TV Shows of 2026.
Watch the trailer, which has over 11 million views:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
BOOKISH
BBC Brit (DStv Channel 120) | 8pm on Tuesdays from 17 March
Set in London in 1946, this mystery series centres on bookshop owner Gabriel Book, who uses skills gained during wartime espionage to help the police solve unusual cases, while concealing a secret about his personal life at a time when homosexuality was illegal.
Emmy-winning Bookish creator Mark Gatiss (Mycroft Holmes in Sherlock) stars as Book, opposite Golden Globe nominee Polly Walker (Bridgerton, Rome) as his wife.
Already renewed for a second season, Bookish has a 100% Rotten Tomatoes critics’ score. “Mark Gatiss’s cosy crime drama is a tasty nugget of absolute delight,” says The Guardian. “Meticulously worked, beautifully paced and decidedly moreish.”
Watch the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
CARABAO CUP FINAL: ARSENAL VS MANCHESTER CITY
SuperSport Premier League (DStv Channel 223) | 6:30pm on Sunday, 22 March
MY F*K, MARELIZE!
M-Net (DStv Channel 101) | 8pm on Sunday, 22 March
My F*k, Marelize! is a coming-of-age story about Heidi, a strong-willed woman hiding her cancer from her family, and Marelize, her accident-prone daughter who needs to learn how to ride a bike to become an au pair in the Netherlands.
The most-watched South African film in local cinemas in 2025, My F*k, Marelize! won Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for Je-ani Swiegelaar and Zandelle Meyer at Silwerskerm 2025, where it also took home the Audience Award.
Based on the true story behind that viral moment with the rugby poles, My F*k, Marelize! was hailed by Leon van Nierop as “one of the best Afrikaans films of the past few years.”
Watch the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
GIRL TAKEN
M-Net (DStv Channel 101) | 9pm on Wednesdays from 25 March
Based on Hollie Overton’s bestselling novel Baby Doll, Girl Taken follows twin sisters Lily and Abby. Lily is abducted from their rural English hometown by a local teacher. When she finally escapes, she discovers that the world she longed to return to has moved on without her.
Sisters Tallulah and Delphi Evans play Lily and Abby, with Emmy nominee Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy in Game of Thrones) as the teacher.
In their four-star review, The Guardian says, “Alfie Allen is incredible in this twisty tale… a deeply engaging, psychologically complex thriller that is a cut above the rest.”
Watch the trailer:
https://youtu.be/Y5gIwl0kRIM?
MGIDI MOMS S1
Mzansi Magic (DStv Channel 161) | 6pm on Sundays from 29 March
Mgidi Moms is a first-of-its-kind reality series that explores the coming-of-age journey of Xhosa boys as they transition into manhood through initiation.
Hosted by DStv Viewers’ Choice Best TV Presenter winner Moshe Ndiki, each episode is told from a perspective of a new zibazana, the mother of the initiate, who supports her son every step of the way.
THE BAD GUYS 2
M-Net (DStv Channel 101) | 8pm on Sunday, 29 March
The now-reformed Bad Guys are trying to be good but instead find themselves hijacked into a globe-trotting heist masterminded by a new team of criminals: the Bad Girls.
Oscar winner Sam Rockwell, Emmy winner Awkwafina, Grammy winner Anthony Ramos, Emmy nominee Craig Robinson and comedian Marc Maron return to voice the Bad Guys. Oscar nominees Danielle Brooks (A Minecraft Movie) and Maria Bakalova (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3) join Emmy nominee Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll, Poker Face) as the Bad Girls.
The Bad Guys 2 was nominated for Best Animated Film at the 2026 Annie Awards and holds an 87% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes. The Guardian calls it “snappier, funnier and more relaxed than the first film”.
Watch the trailer, which has over 40 million views:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
TIA MOWRY: MY NEXT ACT
Bravo (DStv Channel 124) | 7pm on Sundays from 29 March
Tia Mowry was always part of a duo, first as a twin sister, then as a wife. Tia Mowry: My Next Act follows the actor and entrepreneur as she enters a new chapter of independence after her divorce from Cory Hardrict.
The reality series offers access to her life as she navigates singlehood, co-parenting, dating and expanding her businesses, while balancing motherhood and a changing career.
Tia Mowry: My Next Act was nominated for a 2025 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Reality Program.
EVERYTHING COMING TO DSTV IN MARCH
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