Umakhwapheni: A Side Chick,details the trials and tribulations of one Min'enhle,a walking third wheel in a love triangle. Minenhle, who serves as a typical sample of the multitudes of women who choose to be the spare wheel of a car that takes them nowhere fast- emblematic of a life that is often- times mired in a life that is filled with turmoil, anguish and consternation- wastes several precious years devoted to a romance that is initially heated, becomes luke-warm when she realises that her lover, Moses, loves the other woman more, to the extent of taking the plunge and putting a ring in it