DStv Compact customers are in for a wild ride this June, as there's somuch entertainment to look forward to.
Mzansi Magic (DStv channel 161) will be featuring an exciting selectionof locally made movies that will have customers running through a gamut ofemotions, from amused, intrigued and moved to enraged and terrified.
First upthere's Matwetwe, acoming-of-age drama directed byKagiso Lediga, about two young men, Lefa(played by Sibusiso Khwinana) and Papi (Tebatso Mashishi), who've just finishedhigh school and are embarking on a journey to adulthood.
Watch it on Friday 5June on Mzansi Magic (161) at 22:00. Then there's the comedy Looking forLove about single lady Buyi who is being pressured by her mother to find MrRight before she turns 40. Watch it on Friday 12 June at 22:00.
The hilarious LeonSchuster can be seen in Frank and Fearless on Sunday 21 June at 20:00,where he again teams up with Kenneth Nkosi, this time to kidnap theambassador of a South-East Asian country to force them to stop the illegalrhino horn trade.
The movies are rounded off with Maskandi Queen, amovie about atalented singer who deserts her Zulu culture and passionfor maskandi music after being ridiculed by her peers that the genre is not"cool" enough. It's on Sunday 28 June at 20:00.
There are drama seriesgalore for Compact customers. Brand-new series Nurses starts on Tuesday2 June on Universal TV (DStv channel 117) at 20:00.
It follows the lives of a group of young nurses on the medical frontlines asthey struggle to not just help their patients but also each other. Themuch-acclaimed Killing Eve can be seen from Wednesday 3 June on FOX (DStvchannel 125) at 20:45.
There are also someseries exclusive to M-Net City(DStv channel 115), including Tommy, abrand-new American police procedural crimedrama with Edie Falco as Abigail "Tommy" Thomas, a former NYPD captain who nowbecomes the first female police chief of the Los Angeles Police Department,starting on Thursday 18 June at 20:50 and DC Legends of Tomorrow S5,in whichmore timequakes seethe heroes travel to different time periods to set history and the timelinesright.Starts Saturday 20 June at 21:40.
E! Entertainment (DStvchannel 126) sees returning seasons of Botched on Monday 8 June at 20:00and Total Bellas on Sunday 14June at 20:00, as well as the return of nightly and daily news segments DailyPop and Nightly Pop from 1 June at 14:30 and 21:00 respectively.
There will also be a special show TheCFDA Awards: Ultimate Fashion Moments, when E! counts down the best fashionmoments from the CFDA (the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards)history books on Wednesday 24 June at21:30.
Fans of investigations will love Stacey Dooley: Face to Face with the ArmsDealers, in which shemeets anarms-dealing family in the USA who supply more than 100 countries withhigh-grade weapons.
True crime serieson Investigation Discovery (DStv channel 171) include Murder Comes Home S1,aseries that pairs actual CSI crime-scene video alongside real homevideo on Monday 29 June at 21:50, and Harvey Weinstein, an in-depthinvestigation into the sex-offender Hollywood producer's life on Thursday 4June at 21:50.
Documentaries in Juneinclude the seventh season of Being on BET (DStv channel 129), a seriesthat shines aspotlight on African Americans in the music andentertainment industry.
Each episode focuses on one celebrity as they share thehighs and lows of their careers. Starts on Wednesday 3 June at 22:50.
FOX Life (DStv channel126) has four great telenovelas for Compact customers to engross themselves in.Shadows From the Past is aRomeo and Juliet story following tworival families who are involved in a whirlwind of passion, pain, and revenge,airing fromMonday 1 June at 17:30.
Road to Destiny is about abeautiful 18-year-old girl whose life is forever changed after she is in a caraccident, airing from Monday 1 June on FOX Life (126) at 18:20.
Kids have a specialtreat in store on Disney XD (DStv channel 304). Disney 11 S3 sees a gifted teen leave home to attend a prestigiousfootball academy where he discovers truths about his family's history and leadshis team to beat fierce rivals. Starts Monday 1 June on Disney XD (304) at17:00.
Finally, Lifetime(DStv channel 131) will have three not-to-be-missed Cheerleading movies: SecretLives of Cheerleaders on Saturday 6June at 19:20; Identity Theft ofa Cheerleader on Saturday 13 Juneat 19:20and The Perfect Cheerleader onSaturday 20 June at 19:30,in which you'll find that cheerleaders mightnot be the perfect, popular girls they are so often made out to be.
It's a line-up ofexciting, original programming that's got something in store for everyone. Asthe winter chill sets in, tune in to DStv Compact for some heart-warming TVwatching.
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