Their love story is like a South African township Romeo and Juliet – their families hate each other but their love is so strong, it endures all the hatred, the deaths and even prison time. Rich, handsome, powerful, dangerous and one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in Johannesburg, Zandile is the wife of the first brother Nkosana.

Zandile the Resoluteīook two of the blockbuster series continues the story of the eight Zulu brothers. But Mqhele and his seven brothers have a dark and tumultuous past that involves a dead warlord father, mob justice, and lots of unaccounted-for money. Their love is strong and they stand by each other through good and bad. Even though aspects of Mqhele’s personality and past make her uncomfortable, Hlomu is happy.

The first book in the series follows a young woman named Mahlomu who meets Mqhele Zulu and they fall in love. Plus, binge all of Season 1 and 2 of The Wife on Showmax. Update: Want to know more? Watch the behind-the-scenes special The Wife: Behind the Veil. The Hlomu the Wife book series is sold in every bookstore in the country. Little did she know that her book would grow from a self-published passion project into the inspiration for a wildly popular series with a massive following and a deal with streaming platform Showmax! But that’s exactly what happened to Dudu, the journalist-turned-fiction-author and the woman behind the Hlomu the Wife book series.Ĭentred around the lives of eight Zulu brothers, a formidable crime family from Greytown, KZN, the series tells love stories through the eyes of the wives who fall in love with the tall, dark and dangerous brothers. Just a few years ago, Dudu Busani-Dube started writing a story about a journalist who falls in love with a taxi driver.

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