The Brother Moves On is a performance art ensemble that dabbles in costume, music and storytelling.

They derive their name from a grammatical misconfiguration of The Brother Mouzone; a character in the American television drama series The Wire. The band started, as a kind of collective where members were not necessarily bound to be permanent members; individuals would come and go depending on their availability hence “the brother moves on”.

The longest serving members are the Mthembu brothers: Siyabonga Mthembu (lead singer/story teller), Zelizwe Mthembu, Simphiwe Tshabalala (drummer) and Ayanda Zalekile (trombone and later bass guitar).

Other members include Oscar Kgware (saxophone), Hlubi Vhakalise (saxophone and piano) and Malcolm Jiyane'(trombone and piano)