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 ...

About 26 000 maidens are expected to attend this year’s reed dance, the KwaZulu-Natal department of arts and culture has said. “Last year we had about 25 000 maidens attending the reed dance,” said ...

Zulu maidens who are graduates from tertiary institutions have expressed anger at KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Arts and Culture, Mntomuhle Khawula, after he barred them from addressing the crowd at the ...

For her final reed dance, KwaZulu-Natal maiden Palesa Zwane, 22, will not be surrounded by hundreds of fellow young women to participate in an age-old Zulu cultural rite of passage. Instead of ...

Durban – About 26 000 maidens are expected to attend this year's Reed Dance, the KwaZulu-Natal department of arts and culture said on Thursday. "Last year we had about 25 000 maidens attending the ...

Africa's last absolute monarch of Swaziland, King Mswati III (R) attends the "Reed Dance" at Ludzidzini Royal Residence near the capital, Mbabane on August 28. Swaziland's annual "Reed Dance", a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...