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Watch (anytime) online:
ABC Foreign Correspondent features on Nigeria (“Nollywood”), Sudan, Lesotho, South Africa and Zimbabwe
VOA Africa Journal - weekly Africa TV news bulletin online
SABC online video news - daily bulletins, South African Broadcasting

The following is coming up on Australian (free to air) TV:

AFRICA ON AUSTRALIAN TV GUIDE      November 2007
Free to air TV. Check back for late additions

Cuba: An African Odyssey
Friday 30 November, 2.30pm, SBS TV
This is the previously untold story of Cuba's support for African revolutions. The documentary unravels the story of the so-called Cold War, through the prism of its least known arena: Africa. Against colonialism, capitalism, and communism, the newly independent nations attempted, for the first time, to gain real control of their own countries. (PG, Repeat)

Global Village
Friday 30 November, 6pm, SBS TV
The Fulani people of northern Cameroon are the last of Black Africa's great horsemen. Originally a nomadic people, they put their exceptional horsemanship and fierceness in battle at the service of Islam and converted great parts of Africa before establishing their own kingdom. Their traditions and knowledge are passed from generation to generation. In this film, viewers meet 11-year-old Abdu as he learns to ride a horse and be a great warrior so he can serve his king, the Lamido. Presented by Silvio Rivier.

The Lion Man
30 November, 6.30pm, ABC TV
Follow the joys and frustrations of Craig Busch and his partner Karen as they rear and interact with the cats at Zion Wildlife Gardens in far-north New Zealand in a very close and personal manner.

Bowls: Tri Nations 2007, Australia Vs South Africa: Triples
Saturday 1 December, 5pm, ABC TV
Bowls: Tri Nations 2007, Australia Vs South Africa: Triples

Meerkat Manor
Sunday 2 December, 6.30pm, TEN
A soap opera of survival like no other. The main characters are 12 inches high and live underground in burrows. From family squabbles to love affairs, follow a group of meerkats living in the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa. Narrated by Mike Goldman.

21 Up South Africa
Sun 2 December, 9.25pm, SBS TV
This program offers insights into the social and political changes occurring throughout the country since the fall of Apartheid. First filmed as 14 seven-year-olds in 1992, the youngsters featured are ordinary South African youths growing up at a time of enormous social change.

Cutting Edge: Running from Mugabe
Monday 3 December, 1.35pm, SBS TV
This film looks at the world of paranoia and fear, following some of the thousands of Zimbabweans who enter South Africa illegally every week. As Zimbabwe's political and economic crisis deepens, victims of President Robert Mugabe's violent regime are being forced to flee for their lives. But even in South Africa they can not escape the terror of the regime. Many live in fear of Zimbabwe's feared Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) - the country's secret police who are widely suspected of conducting surveillance operations outside Zimbabwe's border. Rumours of death squads and kidnappings are rife. In English, Shona.

Unlikely Travellers: Journey
Monday 3 December, 8pm, SBS TV
Unlikely Travellers is a remarkable three-part documentary series of six fabulous adventurers, each with a unique and challenging intellectual disability. Episode three has the troupe on a non-stop itinerary in Egypt, which includes Cairo, the Nile, Abu Simbel, the temple of Sobak, Luxor, the Pyramids and a dawn trek up Mount Sinai. There are challenges at every turn, with the food, the hygiene, physical stamina, culture clashes, homesickness and dealing with each other. But the excitement and achievement of dealing with a strange new world brings joy and fulfillment. How will it change them?