

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.
