Thousands of maidens at the annual Zulu Reed Dance in KwaZulu-Natal arrived this weekend to a marquee without any carpets to sleep on, and raised their ire when carpets arrived later that were like ...

Zulu maidens who have gathered for the annual reed dance in Ulundi say they will replace singing and dancing with mournful hymns in honour of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who died early on Saturday ...

The Izintombi Zothingo Lenkosazane group travelled to Swaziland’s royal residence to participate in the annual traditional chastity rite called Umhlanga or Reed Dance ceremony recently. According to ...

With more than 40 000 young maidens having handed over their reeds at the eNyokeni Royal Palace in KwaNongoma, KwaZulu-Natal, on Saturday, the annual Zulu reed dance marked 40 years since its revival ...

They have undergone virginity testing in their districts throughout the province and now they are ready to affirm their purity before Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini. Every spring‚ thousands of maidens ...

Some of the maidens at the Umzinto Town Hall last Friday before leaving for the royal palace in KwaNongoma for the annual Reed Dance. UMDONI Municipality held a special prayer and send-off last Friday ...

Durban - MAIDENS marched to the Pietermaritzburg City Hall yesterday, demanding that the municipality allocate transport for them to attend the annual uMkhosi Womhlanga/Reed Dance Celebration in ...

HUNDREDS of young maidens from Umzinyathi gathered in Greytown on Saturday to prepare for the Royal Reed Dance, set to take place from September 7 to September 9. Once a year, thousands of people make ...

Exceptional times call for exceptional measures, and the Zulu tradition known as Umkhosi woMhlanga is no exception. This year, as a result of Covid-19, only 30 maidens were invited to participate in a ...

Concerns over unwelcome ”sex perverts” have prompted the organisers of this weekend’s reed dance by Zulu maidens in Nongoma to impose strict access control. The maidens ”are increasingly becoming ...