2014 in South African television

This is a list of South African television-related events in 2014.

Events

• 6 April – Mandla Hlatshwayo wins season 3 of Big Brother.
• 18 August – SABC sacks the 16 cast members of its soap, Generations after the actors went on strike following a long-running dispute over their employment contracts.^[1]
• 6 September – Launch of the South African version of The X Factor.
• 20 September – The Top Billing presenter Jonathan Boynton-Lee and his partner Hayley Bennett-Fraiden win the seventh season of Strictly Come Dancing.
• 9 November – 14-year-old singer and guitarist Tholwana Mohale wins the fifth season of SA's Got Talent.
• 23 November – Vincent Bones wins the tenth season of Idols South Africa.
• 13 December – Four win the first season of The X Factor South Africa.

Debuts

Domestic

• 2 February - Big Brother (M-Net) (2001-2002, 2014–present)
• 6 September - The X Factor South Africa (SABC 1) (2014–present)

International

• 1 January - The Originals (M-Net Series Showcase)
• 5 January - Broadchurch (M-Net Series Showcase)
• 23 January - Devious Maids (M-Net Series Showcase)
• 3 February - Sanjay and Craig (Nickelodeon)
• 2 March - Wentworth (M-Net Series Showcase)
• 5 May - The Goldbergs (M-Net)
• 16 May - Playing House (M-Net Series Showcase)
• 4 June - The 100 (M-Net Series Showcase)
• 12 June - Rake (M-Net Series Showcase)
• 9 September - Old School (M-Net Series Showcase)
• 28 September - Full Circle (M-Net Series Showcase)
• 24 October - Silicon Valley (M-Net Edge)
• 18 November - Jonah from Tonga (Vuzu)
• Fireman Sam (CGI) (e.tv)
• Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps (e.tv)
• Dinopaws (CBeebies)
• Wander Over Yonder (Disney XD)
• / PAW Patrol (Nickelodeon)
• Koki (eToonz)

Changes of network affiliation

Shows	Moved from	Moved to
Hawthorne	M-Net Series	e.tv
Missing (2012)		SABC3
Common Law (2012)
The Carrier Diaries	M-Net Series Showcase	Vuzu
Rake		M-Net Series Zone
Broadchurch
Devious Maids
Nashville	M-Net
Defiance	M-Net Series Zone	M-Net Edge

Television shows

1980s

• Good Morning South Africa (1985–present)
• Carte Blanche (1988–present)

1990s

• Top Billing (1992–present)
• Generations (1994–present)
• Isidingo (1998–present)

2000s

• Idols South Africa (2002–present)
• Strictly Come Dancing (2006-2008, 2013–2015)
• Rhythm City (2007–present)
• SA's Got Talent (2009–present)

New channels

• 1 May - Romanza+ África
• 30 September - Nicktoons
• 30 September - Nick Jr.
• 20 October - M-Net Edge

Ending this year

Births

Deaths

See also

• 2014 in South Africa