Mzansi Magic channel 161 (DStv Compact) and Mzansi Wethu channel 163 (DStv Access) brings you the best in local drama, reality shows, and more.
RETURNING ON MZANSI MAGIC
Uthando neS’thembu S9
Mzansi Magic| Starts Wednesday 4 February| 20:00
Note that the reality series will air twice a week – Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Musa is unsure of MaKhumalo’s love for him. The wives express their feelings about Mthombeni. Mthombeni checks up on his health.
MaCele and her family discuss her issues with MaYeni’s view of her. Mthombeni has a big askof Mpilo, who’s questioning her father’s life decisions
TELENOVELAS ON MZANSI MAGIC
Genesis season 1
Mzansi Magic | Weekdays | 19:30
Tensions ignite as Mmarona’s explosive return threatens to shatter her family’s fragile peace. Ishmael’s rising fame brings both opportunity and jealousy.
A fragile alliance is struck between unlikely women with a common enemy. A mother pleads with her son to sever a toxic bond before it destroys them all.
Ishmael makes the heartbreaking choice. Bonko frees a little bird from the clutches of evil. Nokuthula’s fight for her son explodes across the airwaves.
Felicia learns a devastating fact that sends Gabriel to cloud nine. Bishop struggles to deal with the picture of him being painted at the expense of people he cares about.
A promise of marriage ignites a family feud. A mother seizes the opportunity to strike her enemies. A woman is shattered to discover she was only a pawn in her lover’s game.
Mpumi questions everything she believed about love and trust. Meanwhile, two lovers confront the pain and secrets that have kept them apart. A mother fights to reclaim a place in her son’s life.
iThonga Season 1
Mzansi Magic | Weekdays| 20:30
Pablo and Zama plot together, unaware that the walls are recording every word. The Magwazas are living in hope. Lethokuhle takes both his father’s and brother’s advice, but which one will prove the wise advice?
Sanele’s pursuit of the truth finally pays off, but Phinda and Pablo sniff him out just as he gears up for a tell-all. Zama convinces Pablo to tread carefully with Phinda lest they lose their remaining loyal soldier.
MaKhumalo goes back into the lion’s den to protect MaMbhele, but Zama is onto her. MaMbhele stands strong and defends her marriage, while Themba wrestles with doubts and the painful truths about their children.
A showdown ensues, and a King falls as he finally accounts for his sins. As peace is restored, new life is breathed into the Dladla and Magwaza families while two souls finally become one.
Inimba Season 1
Mzansi Magic | Weekdays | 21:00
Lines are drawn as motherhood and justice collide head-on. Sydney and Hlengiwe clash over what’s too far. Two fathers confront the choices that shaped their sons.
A cyber-attack ignites a war no one saw coming. Zoleka and Lazarus are forced to work with an unlikely ally to fight back. But while empires are defended, a family quietly falls apart.
The battle reaches its peak as enemies finally fall. Families face irreversible choices about love, loss, and forgiveness. And as one chapter ends, a powerful new future begins.
I Blew It S7 (Reality Series)
Mzansi Magic | Sunday, 22 February | 19:30
The fan-favourite reality series shines a spotlight on people of Mzansi who turned life-changing financial payouts into unforgettable chaos and are now confronted with the aftermath. Moreover, it highlights how financial stress often leads to personal distress, because it is a deep personal loss that goes beyond money. It impacts one’s identity, a sense of security and the lifestyle one has become used to.
22 February: A music producer and DJ, Abongile, survived a car accident with friends after attending a soccer match. The tragedy resulted in a R2.8 million payout that quickly vanished into funding his wannabe music-star lifestyle.
MZANSI WETHU|CHANNEL 163
TELENOVELA
Homecoming season 1
Mzansi Wethu | Mondays – Wednesdays | 18:30
Zethu and Shobane finally mend things. MaNgcobo feels unseen by Shwabi, while Sphamandla is consumed by guilt when he sees his mother taking the fall for something she hasn’t done.
Just as Zethu finds happiness, her world shatters once more. Phindile’s pleas fall on deaf ears at the judgmental clinic. While the thieving youngsters sweat, Mangcobo is treated like a queen.
Zethu assists MaNkwanyane despite her resistance, and she has a realisation about Sifiso. Matron Khathazile wants the teenagers arrested. MaNgcobo scares Shwabi.
New to Mzansi Wethu: If you missed Beng’semathandweni, Cobrizi, Magaeng, and Mnakwethu Happily Ever After on Mzansi Magic and Youngins S3 on Showmax, you can now enjoy them on Mzansi Wethu.
Beng’semathandweni season 1 (Reality)
Mzansi Wethu | Starts Sunday 1 February | 19:30
Beng’semathandweni is a series about love crimes. Lovers and ex-lovers reveal shocking stories of revenge or things they have done to spite their partners. These are both jaw dropping and hilarious moments in which they lost their sanity and moral fiber.
Cobrizi season 1 (Drama)
Mzansi Wethu | Starts Friday 6 February | 21:30
The show follows Cobra as he tries to turn his life around for the sake of his youngest child. He wants to prove that he can be a good father and fight the social system of poverty.
Magaeng season 1 (Drama)
Mzansi Wethu | Starts Saturday 7 February | 21:30
The wife of a vengeful crime boss, Zama Ndaba, is forced to go under witness protection in a small rural town. With her estranged teenage kids in tow, the Ndabas must stick together under their new, low-profile aliases.
Mnakwethu Happily Ever season 1 (Reality)
Mzansi Wethu | Starts Sunday 16 February | 19:30
An emotional reality show that gives married men a chance to overcome the fear of introducing the idea of polygamy to their current wives.
Youngins season 3 (Drama)
Mzansi Wethu | Wednesday – Friday from 25 February | 19:00
A hard-hitting teen telenovela set at a boarding school in Johannesburg. When a teen flees from a family tragedy in rural KZN to a boarding school in Jozi, she finds herself entangled in a scandal of epic proportions.