A Good House - Paperback

by Amy Jephta (Author)

A community-clash drama with a sophisticated treatment of race and gentrification. --Guardian

In the quaint suburban community of Stillwater, a mysterious shack springs up from the dust with the inhabitants nowhere to be seen. As speculation abounds, new residents Sihle and Bonolo are recruited by their neighbourhood to be the face of a campaign to demolish the shack.

Funny, thrilling and provocative, A Good House is an explosive exploration of race, resentment, and community politics when couple discovers the limits of good neighborliness and what's required to fit in.

Author Biography

Amy Jephta is a South African playwright, screenwriter, and actor based in Cape Town. She was named one of the Mail and Guardian's 200 Top Young South Africans in 2013, and is a recipient of the 2019 Standard Bank Young Artist Award and the 2017 Eugene Marais Prize for Drama. Her plays include A Good House (Royal Court Theatre, Bristol Old Vic and Market Theatre, Johannesburg, 2025).