Izingane Zes’thembu
This show is an in-depth look into the lives of the Mseleku older children and the challenges they face as they strive to carve their own identity.
The series features renowned polygamist Musa Mseleku’s five older children.
Gain a fresh and relatable look inside the lives of the Mseleku children, as the siblings share their struggles and triumphs of working towards defining themselves.
This show is a look at their lives as they try to find their place in the world.
Izingane Zes’thembu will follow the children’s struggles and triumphs, allowing viewers to gain an insight into the complexities of growing up in a polygamous family through the eyes of the next generation of the Mseleku family.
Mpumelelo is eager to carry on his father’s polygamous legacy.
However, he struggles to reconcile his youthful nature with his duty as a son.
Mpumelelo intends to have seven wives starting with his current two girlfriends: Vuyo, his child’s mother, who struggles with his interest in other women; and Tirelo, who is fine with Mpumelelo dating other women.
But Mpumelelo takes advantage of Tirelo’s openness to control his whereabouts and romantic relationships. Alongside Mpumelelo are his siblings Mpilo, Abongwe, Sne and Lwandle.
Chennal: 103 1 magic, Time 20h00
Nkashi: Race for the Okavango
This documentary film, made in Setswana in collaboration with Batswana filmmakers and music composers from South Africa and the continent, showcases the wonder and importance of the Okavango Delta and Botswana to the world.
Nkashi: Race for the Okavango tells the story of three mokoro (traditional dugout canoe) polers in Botswana’s Okavango Delta.
As they prepare for the annual Nkashi Classic – a time-trial race, founded in 2018 by the Botswana Wild Bird Trust (BWBT), that attracts the fastest mokoro polers in the Delta – they also contend with grief, the local impacts of climate change, and the urgency of preserving the tradition of the mokoro and nkashi for the next generation.
Nkashi: Race for the Okavango and the annual Nkashi Classic race are made possible by Okavango Eternal, a five-year partnership between National Geographic and De Beers to help protect the source waters of the Okavango Delta and the lives and livelihoods they support.
Several Batswana led key roles in the film’s creation, including cinematographer, producer, sound recordist, and drone pilot.
The film score features tracks by Motswana musician Thato Kavinja and the Nature Environment & Wildlife Filmmakers (NEWF) Composers Lab including South African musician Marcia Buwa.
Channel: 182 Nat Geo Wild, Time 18h00
