Submitted to the Faculty of Arts in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS in the Department of African Languages at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 1991. / In this study an attempt is made to expose the importance and the place of Mkhize's short stories. So far there isn't much scientific material on this subject although the writing of short stories appears to be gaining momentum. We are also tackling the structural aspects of Mkhize's short stories. Mkhize is one of the prolific authors of short stories. He has written the following anthologies of short stories: Ezomhlaba Kazipheli (1972) Emhlabeni Mntanomuntu (1977) Ngiyeke Ngezomhlaba (1980) Uyothi Wabonan* Emhlabeni (1981) Kunjalo-ke Emhlabeni (1981) Indications are that many more stories are still going to appear. (Bard Publishers Price List and Catalog: September 1989. ) In chapters two, three, and four we are looking at the structural aspects i.e. plot structure in Mkhize's short stories, characterisation and setting. In chapter five we are dealing with Hkhize's style where we look at his titles, language and narrative techniques. In chapter six we are dealing with the contextual aspects of short stories. The contextual aspects go with the textual aspects. Under the contextual aspects we have themes. We feel convinced that MJchize's short stories deserve a place In our literature.