Julia Mogoru

A long fight for kingship erupts when a king who is seriously ill hands over the kingdom to his younger brother on regency basis as his son, heir to the throne, is only 13 years and not fit to lead the royalty. The son, after a year and a few months, now aged 15 years, claims his place and his uncle refuses. The fight drags for long affecting two generations. After some time, the uncle dies. As everyone wants the rightful king to the throne, it emerges that the uncle has prepared documents in his 7-year-old son as his successor. And it turns ugly as the fight ensues and several deaths occur in between. First generation ruler elopes and settles on his father’s farm but the thief of the throne continues to haunt him. The second generation heir is a millennial and decides to leave the village for the city of gold. He returns as a mature man after some years and takes the matter to court, and the hearing gives false hope for the royal family. Perhaps his two younger sisters who turned sangomas are a solution or maybe it drags to the third generation or a total stranger who was an assistant entrusted with confidential document takes over.

Born on 22 August 1996 of Dr Alice and France Mogoru, Julia Mogoru was bred in Jane Furse, Tshehlwaneng and later moved to Mahube in Gauteng to pursue a creative writing qualification at the University of South Africa (UNISA). She started writing in June 2019.