Entertainment Inside Us (Insidus)

In partnership with eMedia Investments, the Department of education will be broadcasting educational support for learners and teachers on the OpenView platform. This channel is free of any subscriptions and will be broadcasted initially for a period of six months from 1st April to 30 September 2020. The proposed daily schedule for the first week of broadcast is as follows: - The focus of the first week is on Term 1 topics - From 12am to 7am there will be revision for Grade 12 learners. We cover only one subject per day to facilitate a recordable block. The subjects will rotate through a seven week period. In the first week, Maths is on Monday but in 2 weeks Maths moves to Tuesday and so on. - Between 7:00am and 8:00 am, it's time to learn a new Indigenous African language. Each lesson is half an hour. - From 08:00am to 12 noon, the schedule is dedicated to Grade 12 learners. You can catch 60 minute lessons in Maths, Physical Science, Life Science, English (FAL), Acco

New seasons of both The Simpsons and America’s Funniest Home Videos will premiere on FOX (DStv 125) this April. Perfect for family viewing, audiences are in for non-stop laughter and hilarious moments on weekday afternoons with both of these award-winning series, guaranteed to tickle the funny bone. The longest running scripted show in television history, The Simpsons season twenty-seven will premiere two episodes per weekday, from 6 April 2020 at 16:10 and 16:35 CAT. Continuing to strike a chord with viewers for irreverently poking fun at anything and everything, The Simpsons has become one of the most consistently groundbreaking, innovative and recognizable entertainment franchises throughout the world. With its subversive humor and delightful wit, the series has made an indelible imprint on American pop culture, and its family members – Homer (Dan Castellaneta), Marge (Julie Kavner), Bart (Nancy Cartwright), Lisa (Yeardley Smith) and Maggie – are television icons. Recen

With lockdown for Covid-19 being the uppermost thought in everyone’s mind Multichoice and Mindset Network, launched by Nelson Mandela in 2003, is due to launch a channel dedicated to Primary School learners on 1 April 2020. Mindset Pop will feature educational programming covering the entire GET (Primary School) phase, including ECD, Grades 1 to 3 but with a focus on the Grade 4 – 9 curriculum. Even though you are still on holiday we want you to be prepared when schools re-open. Mindset PoP will deliver live lessons daily with 6 fresh hours every day. We will bring you Literacy and Numeracy as well as Maths, Natural Sciences, English, Life Orientation, Art and Physical Education activities. A website will be available for downloading worksheets and information sheets that you can work through with our expert teachers. Lessons will come live from our studios where our expert teachers will unpack the concepts you need to understand as well as point you to additional resources. Le

A few days ago, Zee World made an announcement that Ring of Fire and Jodka & Akbar would be taken off the screen due to covid-19 (and a 21 day lockdown in India) with Ganga and Twist of Fate set to take up their timeslot. The worst part about these two is one just ended weeks back and both of them start from season 1. This news was since met with backlash by the fans of the channel which leaves viewers with only 2 current series Deception and One Perfect Place. Jodka & Akbar is dubbed in Zulu which explains the pause since South Africa is currently on lockdown for 21 days while Ring of Fire case is sort of a mystery maybe they haven't got the rest of the episodes. And Zee World isn't the only one removing shows Star Life is much worse instead of 2 shows leaving all the shows are getting scrapped from The Inseperables to Family Affairs to Let's Dance to Kulfi to Made for Each Other to Geet to A Perfect Lie. This news was confirmed by GOtv in

Teen Africa TV, founded by Charles Novia which was set to debut by the end of March on DStv and GOtv across Africa has been delayed due to Covid-19. According to the spokesperson of TATV, the Coronavirus outbreak disrupted their predictions and preparations if it were up to them they would have launched by now on the platform. For many years, Novia had a dream of launching TeenTube which was TATV original name before changing it since the name was already used but since then he had gone through a lot of challenges trying to get the brand up and running. He greenlit over 40 shows for the channel including The Voice Kids Nigeria, Cypher and Fashionista with more on the way in the foreseeable future. For now you can catch some of these shows YouTube. Now the launch date is up in air due to the massive impact of Covid-19 one hopes it launches in the near future. Other channels that might be delayed is SA Youth TV, Limpopo TV and MyNorthernCapeTV.

CURIOUS GEORGE S8-9 The tale of Curious George is sweet and basic. George, an African monkey, is being raised by the Man in the Yellow Hat. The Man in the Yellow Hat tries very hard to care for George, however, complications frequently occur, typically George's naivety and curiosity get him and others into trouble.… 6:44; 10:32 AM CET 2:34; 6:21 PM CET EVERY DAY from 1 APRIL 2020 CURIOUS GEORGE: BACK TO THE JUNGLE Curious George goes on an epic adventure to space that crash lands in the jungles of Africa leading to an unforgettable journey with some new animal friends. 12:09 PM CET Saturday 4. APRIL 2020 CURIOUS GEORGE: SWINGS INTO SPRING You know it must be springtime if a curious monkey named George is dancing on the balcony at sunrise! The Man with the Yellow Hat is sure that George has Spring Fever. “What’s Spring?” George asks. Well there is only one way to find out! The Man takes George to the park to experience all the wonders of Spring. 12:09 AM CET

Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch Saturday 21 March at 16:00 (premiered) The show follows the daughter of renowned chef Gordon Ramsay, as the family heads off on their summer holidays in Los Angeles for an unforgettable summer. Matilda cooks her way through the very best of US and British dishes whilst blogging along the way for the CBBC website, adding her own unique twists to the food. ScienceXplosion TBA In this exciting new STEM series, ScienceXplosion magician, scientist, and total funster, Eric, is back - guided by his good friend VOX - to help viewers navigate the science-filled world! In 45 x 3:30-minute entertaining and funny shorts, Eric introduces new STEM-based concepts, and demos some fantastic, easy DIY experiments for children ages 6-8. PinCode TBA PinCode is an animated STEM series that's a spinoff of the popular Russian Kikoriki (aka GoGoRiki) franchise. The colorful cast of the original show, including Wally the ram, Carlin the crow, Dokko the golden

MultiChoice is adding a brand new kids’ channel, Toonami, to its bouquet. The channel, which is dedicated to superhero cartoons, is a new addition to Turner’s current children’s entertainment offering. Toonami will launch from 29 or 30 March to DStv Compact customers strengthening the DStv family viewing programming line-up, while simultaneously boosting Turner’s kids’ entertainment bouquet in these markets. Toonami, the home of superheroes, targets 6 to 12 years old children and super-hero fans of all ages with its 24-hour programming line-up, jam-packed with top-rated adventure and action series. The introduction of Toonami reinforces Turner’s portfolio of successful kids’ channels that includes Cartoon Network and Boomerang across the continent, both also available on DStv. Available exclusively on MultiChoice's DStv across Sub-Saharan Africa, Toonami is the go-to destination for superheroes enthusiasts of all ages. Family and kids will enjoy uninterrupted hou

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for attending the media briefing during these difficult times. This morning we met as the Council of Education Ministers (CEM) to further consider and evaluate the plans that we have been working on. Since the schools were closed on Wednesday, 18th, we have had a series of consultations with the provincial departments of education to identify ways in which we can ensure that our children are better informed about Covid-19, they are engaged, and continue their education in their homes. Following the announcement of the lock-down by the President, CEM has agreed to focus on catch up programme our efforts to the Promotion of Learning and Teaching in homes, and to the preparation for catch up when the children come back to schools. We are grateful that our partners such as the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) have come on board to support the Department. We are also acutely aware