This is a list of South African television-related events in 2015.

Events

• 10 March – SABC reporter Vuyo Mvoko is mugged live on camera as he is about to present a report from outside Johannesburg's Milpark Hospital about the health of Zambian President Edgar Lungu, who had been admitted to the clinic for tests following a collapse two days earlier.^[1]
• 17 May - Ace Khumalo and Ntombi Tshabalala win the fourth season of Big Brother.
• 7 August - Afrikaans singer Karlien van Jaarsveld and her partner Devon Snell win the eighth season of Strictly Come Dancing.
• 8 November - 3-year-old DJ Arch Jnr wins the sixth season of SA's Got Talent.
• 22 November - Karabo Morgane wins the eleventh season of Idols South Africa.

Debuts

International

• 7 January - The Affair (M-Net Edge)
• 12 January - Dominion (M-Net Edge)
• 3 April - Mozart in the Jungle (M-Net Edge)
• 29 April - Better Call Saul (M-Net Edge)
• 9 June - Battle Creek (M-Net)
• 29 June - Madam Secretary (M-Net)
• 9 July - Lip Sync Battle (MTV Africa)
• 28 August - The Whispers (M-Net)
• 24 November - Chicago Med (M-Net)
• 16 December - The Muppets (M-Net)
• Doki (eToonz)

Changes of network affiliation

Shows	Moved from	Moved to
Broadchurch	M-Net Series Zone	M-Net Edge
The Following
Brotherhood	SABC3
Grimm	M-Net Series Showcase
Rizzoli & Isles
/ Vikings
Bates Motel
Gotham	M-Net
The Last Ship		M-Net City
Perception	M-Net Series
Lip Sync Battle	MTV Africa	e.tv
/ Transformers: Animated	SABC2	SABC1
Resurrection	M-Net	M-Net Series Zone
The Night Shift

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)
• Rhythm City (2007–present)
• SA's Got Talent (2009–present)

Ending this year

• Strictly Come Dancing (2006-2008, 2013–2015)
• Takalani Sesame (2000-2015)

New channels

• 3 February: Zee World
• 11 May: SABC Encore
• 1 September: BBC Brit