THE KINGS OF GOAT HILL

 204pp., paperback, Penguin South Africa, Cape Town, 2026

ISBN: 9780637012157

Brothers Biko and Qhawe Bhanekazi are students at Sibley College, one of South Africa’s finest boys’ schools. While Biko, in his final year, has to lead the seniors, Qhawe, in his first year, just wants to impress his older brother. The harder the brothers try to achieve their individual aims, the further apart they grow - and the discipline and tradition expected of them both will test the meaning of brotherhood.

Psychologist Onke Mazibuko is the author of the coming-of-age novel The Second Verse and the adult nove Canary. He livesin Johannesburg.