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Team Sayari Revealed As Title For National Geographic Kids Africa Programme

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Following field production commencing earlier this year, as well as the announcement of the local hosts, The Walt Disney Company Africa, together with its project partners, National Geographic, the US Department of State, the US Agency for International Development (Usaid) and WildlifeDirect have today revealed both the title and the set of the highly anticipated National Geographic Kids programme. Inspired by the programme’s aim to motivate lasting, impactful behavioural change in young viewers across the continent and create the next generation of environmental conservation leaders, the programme will be titled Team Sayari. Incorporating the Swahili term for ‘planet’, the title embodies the programme’s goal – to provide viewers with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to conserve and protect the natural world, in a fun way. In the series, the young presenters will visit the wild to meet African experts in five countries across the continent to explore, discover, learn about

Roundups #91: The Highly Anticipated Series Love By Chance Is Coming To Star Life, MultiChoice To Rollout Spider-Man Pop-Up Channel In Celebration Of 80th Anniversary And Droomvelore To Make A Comeback On eExtra

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Destined Love is finally launching on Star Life Earlier in the year, it was reported that Star Life had picked up rights to Indian drama Love By Chance (initially referred to as Destined Love , Kabhie Kabhie Ittefaq Se) alongside two other series Bold & Beautiful (Divya Drishti) and Unforseen Love (Mehandi Hai Rachane Wali). Based on the Bengali drama Khorkuto, Destined Love tells the story of a sophisticated upper class girl who gets married to a scholar who lives with a middle-class joint family who educate her about morals and ethics. The star cast of the show include Yesha Rughani, Manan Joshi, Delnaaz Irani, Yamini Singh and Nishigandha Wad. It airs from September 18th replacing Unspoken Bonds. M-Net is bringing on the webslinger To celebrate Spider-Man’s 60th Anniversary, M-Net Movies will be showing all nine Spider-Man movies from Sony Pictures over the course of 10 days, from Friday 23 September – Sunday 2 October on a dedicated pop-up movie channel (DStv 111), stre

What To Expect On HONEY In October 2022?

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Pastors’ Wives  Season 3 TX: Sunday 31 July - 2 October 2022 WAT 20:00 | CAT 21:00 | EAT 22:00   10 Episodes    PG13    60 minutes    Genre: Reality  Pastors are often in the spotlight, but in this show, we meet the charismatic women holding it all together in their religious households. We follow them and get to see how unconventionally they live their lives. We also get to witness the dramatic situations they may find themselves in when the pastors’ wives clash.  Mama Vs. Makoti  Season 3 TX: Monday 31 October – 6 February WAT 15:00 | CAT 16:00 | EAT 17:00   10 Episodes    PG13    60 minutes    Genre: Cooking A man’s wife and mother cook his favourite dish. He decides whose plate wins his heart. Hosted by Nomsa Buthelezi-Shozi, the mama and makoti go stove-to-stove in the kitchen to prove who cooks the best plate. In the end only one wins. Sangoma, Khanyisa! Season 2 TX: Saturday 30 July – 22 October 2022 WAT 16:30 | CAT 17:30 | EAT 18:30  13 Episodes   PG13  

What To Expect On WildEarth In September 2022?

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CAT GMT CET (EST) PT Sunrise Safari 6.30 - 9.30am 4.30 - 7.30am 6.30am -9.30am (12.30am - 3.30am) 9.30pm - 12.30am Escape To Nature 9.30am - 1.30pm 7.30am - 11.30am 9.30am - 1.30pm (3.30am - 7.30am) 12.30am - 4.30am Penguin Beach 1.30pm - 2.30pm 11.30 - 12.30pm 1.30pm - 2.30pm (7.30am -8.30am) 4.30am - 5.30am Sunset Safari 2.30pm - 6.30pm 12.30 - 4.30pm 2.30pm - 6.30pm (8.30am - 12.30pm) 5.30am - 9.30am Leopard Fest 1- 4th September CAT, GMT, CET, EST 2.30 - 6.30am, 12.30 - 4.30am, 2.30am - 6.30am, 8.30am - 12.30am WildEarth has been following a specific family of leopards for many generations. This is the royal family of leopards who live in Djuma Private Game Reserve in South Africa. All known by name and identified by specific spot patterns, WildEarth have watched countless generations of leopard cubs being born into this family and sadly many tragedies as well. From 1st to 4th September, WildEarth will be celebrating this leopard Dynasty with “Leo

What To Expect On MTV Africa In September 2022?

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Ridiculousness S26 Episodes 2601-2640 Monday 5th September @20:40 Rob Dyrdek hosts an internet video clip show with celebrity guests and co-hosts Sterling "Steelo" Brim and Chanel West Coast (Fantasy Factory's rapping receptionist). Black Ink Crew New York Episodes 701-722 Monday 5th September @18:15 Nick Cannon's Wild N Out S17 Episodes 1701-1714 Friday 9th September @15:10 Love At First Lie: Who's a Couple and Who's a Con? Episodes 301-312 Saturday 17th September @21:00 A diverse group of LOVERS will move into the house, all believing they have what it takes to win the title. But what they don’t know, yet, is that living amongst them are LIARS. Fake couples there to compete and win the money for themselves. Every episode sees the couples living together and getting to know more about each other. Geordie Shore Reunion S23 Episodes 2301-2310 Friday 23rd September @22:00 The Geordies are getting back together, and EVERYONE is invited! Charlo

Roundups #90: More Reruns Await Consumers With Yu-Gi-Oh ARC-V On SABC 2, Celebrity Beef With Joel McHale Coming Soon To E! Africa And Overcoming The Past Has Been Picked Up By Galaxy TV

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More repeats coming soon to SABC 2 Dragonball Super is set to reach its climax on SABC 2 with further reruns currently seen on Cartoon Network and Toonami with the free-to-air channel set to a rebroadcast Yu-Gi-Oh ARC-V for a third time in a row. In Paradise City's You Show Duel School, a second-year middle school student named Yuya Sakaki aspires to become a professional Dueltainer. Yuya awakens a new power called Pendulum Summoning, which attracted the attention of the Leo Corporation's president, Declan Akaba. Yuya later meets three Duelists who greatly resemble him. Yu-Gi-Oh ARC-V serves as the fourth spin-off anime series in the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise following Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal. It also airs weekdays at 17:00 from 14 September. Joan McHale is a hosting a new E! original Actor, comedian and television host known for hosting The Soup (2004–2015) and his role as Jeff Winger on the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015) will be hosting a new celebrity based food show, Celebrity

Italian Stallion: That Time Sylvester Stallone Star Of "Rocky" Went Under The Sheets

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The world might find it hard to believe that a man who once struggled to find roles in movies — and who has started in soft-core porn — went on to become one of the most legendary actors in Hollywood. According to Forbes, the once-broke actor has a net worth exceeding $400 million. As we grow up we usually stop following our dreams — However, obstacles are a necessary part of life, and just like Rocky — the bigger our dream is, the bigger our obstacle will be. Sylvester Stallone may not actively practice stoicism but he is a living and breathing example of a true stoic. “Life’s not about how hard of a hit you can give… it’s about how many you can take, and still keep moving forward.” And with that let’s dive right in… The Homeless Pornstar Stallones’ obstacles started at child-birth. While he was being born the doctors accidentally cut a nerve, and paralysed the left side of his face. This didn’t change his self image, or stop him from believing in himself. He was born a fighte

New Series Alert: Life Is Good When You Are In Love Coming Soon To Timeless Dizi Channel

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Timeless Dizi Channel, SPI International's top performing entertainment channel serving up a variety of Turkish content from various genres has acquired broadcasting rights to the family drama, Life Is Good When You Are In Love (Hayat Sevince Güzel) for its international audiences. Life Is Good When You Are In Love follows two brothers who fall in love with a girl from a village who does not believe in love. The series is headed by Algi Eke, Ekin Mert Daymaz, Öykü Celik, Burak Çelik and Hakan Meriçliler. Life Is Good When You Are In Love joins the list of other FOX productions such as Mucize Doctor (Dokter Ali), Yasak Elma (Doodsondes), Bana Sevmeyi Anlat (Wings Of Love) and Sen Çal Kapımı ( #DisComplicated ) to have not only aired in Africa but across the world. The network for Life Is Good When You Are In Love being a Disney network is said to join the other batch of FOX channels in parts of Europe that will go off air with further content rolling out on Disney+. A new cha

Could kykNET Ramp Up Its Own ePlesier Channel?

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In May, kykNET unveiled a programming block dedicated to Turkish dramas for their sister channel, kykNET & Kie which for over a decade has been the Mzansi Wethu to Mzansi Magic basically repeats with a few exceptions being reality and the kids block or some know it "Kie". In a press release for the offering it was stated: World-class TV has been dubbed into Afrikaans for decades. Over the past few years, South Africa's excellent reverberation skills have been used to bring Turkish telenovelas to local screens - in Afrikaans. The plot, action and romance in these telenovelas keep viewers glued. Now fans of these world-class stories can look forward to two brand new dubbed Turkish telenovelas that will be broadcast on kykNET & kie from July 2022: In Die Ysterhand Se Greep and Kind Van Die Noodlot. Although they won't give credit where due they're obviously referencing eExtra's Kuiertyd block but seeing as they're competing its justified why t