The Best TV Shows on SABC 2

Every SABC 2 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Leading the pack on SABC 2 are Agter Elke Man and Orkney Snork Nie, with their initial broadcasts in 1985 and 1989. Discover the best of SABC 2 with our list of over 20 series, meticulously updated for March 2026. SABC 2 has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 1985 all the way to 2026.

  • Orkney Snork Nie
    Orkney Snork Nie (1989)9.0

    Orkney Snork Nie, a popular Afrikaans sitcom, originally broadcast by the SABC in South Africa. The name translates directly into Orkney Doesn't Snore, but the message being conveyed in Afrikaans is that the town isn't sleepy, there's always something happening.

  • Vetkoekpaleis
    Vetkoekpaleis (1996)9.0

    Frikkadel Delport starts a take-away business when he is retrenched. In the process of finding his feet in his new venture, he appoints two staff members without really meaning to.

  • Erfsondes
    Erfsondes (2007)9.0

    A South African Afrikaans series about broken families and the lies and deceit within them and how sins committed to do good can come back to haunt families when they least expect it.

  • Agter Elke Man
    Agter Elke Man (1985)8.0

    The series follows Marietjie Barnhoorn, the estranged wife of a successful businessman; Leana Steyn, the private secretary of an elderly business tycoon, who is ruthless in her ambitions to overcome her impoverished past; and aging ballerina Mercia Meyer, who returns to South Africa after living and working abroad and has to deal with the hostility of her fellow South Africans.

  • Fishy Fêshuns
    Fishy Fêshuns (1999)8.0

    Fishy Fêshuns is a South African television sitcom based on the 1960s BBC sitcom The Rag Trade by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney which revolves around the goings on between workers and their boss in a clothing factory in Cape Town.

  • Noot vir Noot
    Noot vir Noot (1991)7.8

    Noot vir Noot is an iconic South African musical game show produced by Stemmburg Television which features contestants who put their popular music expertise to the test by playing the show's musical games in a series of challenges.

  • 7de Laan
    7de Laan (2000)7.5

    7de Laan is an extraordinary microcosm where good and bad, evil and wholesome characters find themselves forming part of a wholesome community where no matter what – everyone counts and everyone cares…

  • Supa Strikas
    Supa Strikas (2009)7.3

    With dreams of becoming Super League champions, a talented striker named Shakes and his football team take on rivals while going on global adventures.

  • Gautêng-alêng-alêng
    Gautêng-alêng-alêng (2003)7.0

    The G.A.T.T. Department, the Gauteng Department of Tenders and Tests, is managed by Frans Roos. His department was moved from the eleventh floor to the basement, the staff was reduced from 33 to 3 and he reports directly to Ms. Mammabolo, the chair woman of the council. The other staff consists of Lulu Roux, the receptionist, Koos Koekemoer, the senior technician, and Dickey Abrahams, junior technician. Koos' wife, Bessie, is a fine berry and she is often there to check on Koos. Poena Pieterse is supposed to be the department's messenger but is almost full-time busy with personal tasks for Me. Mammabolo.

  • Stokvel
    Stokvel (2003)6.0

    Stokvel is a South African television sitcom set in the vibrant and exciting world of stokvels, where friends meet for companionship, good times and a social way of saving money.

  • SA's Got Talent
    SA's Got Talent (2009)6.0

    SA's Got Talent (also known as South Africa's Got Talent or shorten to SAGT) is a South African television show that's part of the Got Talent series. Singers, dancers, comedians, variety acts, and other performers compete against each other for audience support. The winner of each season received R500,000 (R250,000 in Seasons 1 to 5).

  • Andries Plak
    Andries Plak (2007)5.0

    Andries Plak is a South African comedy-drama television series about a farmer who lost his farm in a legal dispute and is forced to squat in a shack with his former farm manager, which slowly changes his attitude towards people and life.

  • Onder Die Suiderkruis
    Onder Die Suiderkruis (2018)5.0

    Onder die Suiderkruis (Under the Southern Cross) is a South African, Afrikaans-language period drama television series which tells the story of a number of entrepreneurs thrown together by their quest for riches, told over a period of many years.

  • Die Sentrum
    Die Sentrum (2021)4.0

    Die Sentrum (The Centre) is a South African telenovela which revolves around a group of eight diverse counsellors who work together at a helpline call centre.

  • Die Vierde Kabinet
    Die Vierde Kabinet (1998)N/A

    Die Vierde Kabinet revolves around corruption in the police and the Organised Crime Unit, the hated internal investigation unit of the police who set traps for and spy on other police units to try and uncover corrupt members. The same corrupt police attempt to turn the tables by trying to find information about who is in this specialised unit. In 1993, shortly before the first democratic election in South Africa, a group of policemen rushed to get rid of files containing information about illegal police operations. The files were placed in filing cabinets, taken to a secret place and destroyed with explosives. But in the atmosphere of panic and disorder a cabinet - the so-called "fourth cabinet" - got lost and was forgotten. In 1997, Bonnie Badenhorst (Vanessa Pike), a policewoman attached to the special police unit investigating corruption, discovers the cabinet. Badenhorst, whose brother died in Angola, decides to remove the cabinet and hide it without informing her colleagues.

  • Zero Tolerance
    Zero Tolerance (2004)N/A

    Zero Tolerance is a South African police procedural television series which follows the adventures of an elite crime-fighting police unit similar to the Scorpions.

  • Hard Copy
    Hard Copy (2005)N/A

    A struggling tabloid finds new direction when a crime reporter takes the helm and pivots writers back to bold investigative journalism.

  • Swartwater
    Swartwater (2014)N/A

    After experiencing an unspeakable tragedy, a young suburban couples move to the small coastal town of Swartwater. They soon become embroiled with the local population and their intrigues and realize that all is not as it seems.

  • Paradys
    Paradys (2026)N/A

    A multi-generational family story centered round a once-promised “Coloured paradise” that never materialized. It explores legacy, belonging and unresolved dreams.

  • Pimville
    Pimville (2026)N/A

    Pimville is a South African telenovela set in the heart of Soweto which follows the lives of various characters as they navigate complex relationships, secrets and power struggles. From reformed hustlers to strong matriarchs, each character brings their own story to the table. The series shines a light on the pulse of township life where dreams collide with reality, secrets unravel and family bonds are tested.