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 ...

Traditionally clad Zulu maidens prepare to take part in the mini reed dance (uMkhosi woMhlanga) in the rural district of Emalangeni, some 80kms north of Durban on August 19, 2017. / AFP A ...

Zulu maidens under the KwaFodo Traditional Authority in the Gugwini area, outside Harding, are ready for the annual Umkhosi Womhlanga (Reed Dance) to be held in KwaNongoma on September 13 and 14.

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 ...

The recent call by the Zulu royal house for maidens to cover their rears at this year’s Reed Dance is both puzzling and offensive. A week after his 60th birthday and shortly after announcing that his ...

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 ...

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 ...

A man was arrested by security staff and charged for filming maidens bathing early this morning ahead of the annual reed dance. The man was taken to the Nongoma police station and his cellphone was ...

Nongoma — Eleven young women were involved in a stampede at the KwaZulu-Natal Royal Reed Dance ceremony at the weekend. "Three of the maidens are in a critical but stable condition and all of them ...

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 ...