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DSTV WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS 20-26 December 2024
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The Queens of Kopala (season 1)
Genre: Reality
Sunday 22 December at 20:00 on Zambezi Magic, available on DStv Compact and up’
Follow the lives of four prominent and glamorous women as they navigate their personal and business lives along with their often-messy social circles.
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Mpali (season 5)
Genre: Drama
Monday 23 December at 20:00 on OneZed, available on DStv Access and up
Nguzu returns home and is shocked to learn his farm has closed down and seized by his enemy with the help of one of his wives, whilst coming to terms with betrayal, he’s silently mourning a death of another wife. Will the farm and family ever rise?
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Mungoma (season 2)
Genre: Drama
Tuesday 24 December at 21:30 on OneZed, available on DStv Access and up
A family inherits a thriving record label, but everything soon starts to fall apart when ruthless methods of intimidation, blackmail and witchcraft employed to stay at the top of the industry emerge.
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Zuba (season 8)
Genre: Drama
Wednesday 25 December at 20:00 on Zambezi Magic, available on DStv Compact and up
A story of four families, who are inseparably linked, but struggle to coexist with one another, in their quest for riches, power, and fame.
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MOVIES
The Heist Before Christmas
Genre: Comedy, drama
Friday 20 December at 22:00 on M-Net, available on DStv Premium
A Christmas-hating boy meets two Santas in the woods, one of whom claims to have fallen from his sleigh. However, he is more interested in the other man when he learns he is on the run for robbing a bank.
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Gone in 60 Seconds
Genre: Action, thriller
Saturday 21 December at 18:00 on TNT, available on DStv Family and up
A retired car thief revives his team of professionals as he is compelled to steal fifty top-notch vehicles in one night if he wishes to see his brother alive.
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The Color Purple
Genre: Drama, musical
Sunday 22 December at 20:05 on M-Net, available on DStv Premium
Torn apart from her sister and her children, Celie faces many hardships in life, including an abusive husband. With support from a sultry singer named Shug Avery, as well as her stand-her-ground stepdaughter, Celie ultimately finds extraordinary strength in the unbreakable bonds of a new kind of sisterhood.
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Christmas with the Kranks
Genre: Family, comedy
Wednesday 25 December at 14:45 on M-Net Movies 3, available on DStv Compact Plus and up
The Kranks scandalise everyone when they declare that they won’t be celebrating Christmas. But, when their daughter decides to visit home, they get off on a mad rush to organise a spanking Christmas.
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KIDS
Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan
Genre: Comedy
Saturday 21 December at 18:30 on Nickelodeon, available on DStv Access and up
An affluent family’s world is turned upside down when their nephew, Dylan, who is an aspiring hip-hop star, moves in unannounced. A clash of lifestyles follows as he tries to fit into a new way of life.
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The Naughty Nine
Genre: Comedy, family
Saturday 21 December at 19:30 on Disney Channel, available on DStv Compact and up
When Andy finds out he’s on Santa’s naughty list, he pulls together a group of naughty list kids to get the presents they think they deserve.
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Spirit Riding Free: Spirit of
Christmas
Genre: Animation
Monday 23 December at 13:30 on Dreamworks, available on DStv Compact Plus and up
Lucky and her friends embark on a Christmas Eve adventure into the city to find the perfect gift, but their return to Miradero for the holiday festivities are ruined when an avalanche appears.
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CoComelon: It’s Cody Time
Genre: Animation
Monday 23 December at 16:15 on Cartoonito, available on DStv Family and up
Join Cody Green – the little kid with a big imagination and an even bigger heart – in this spinoff series set in the familiar, beloved community of CoComelon.
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SHOWMAX
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
Genre: Drama
In a city bursting with fight night anticipation, streetwise hustler Gordon “Chicken Man” Williams plants himself at the centre of the action. His big ambitions, and even bigger talk, put him on a collision course with ruthless criminals, each consumed by their own insatiable hunger for the spoils of the event.
