Ngwavuma - Hundreds of Zulu maidens have started gathering at eMachobeni royal palace in Ngwavuma, northern KwaZulu-Natal for the first leg of the annual Zulu reed dance called by King Misuzulu ...

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.

In the heart of KwaZulu-Natal, a province steeped in tradition and culture, the Royal Reed Dance, or Umkhosi woMhlanga, comes alive every September. This spectacular celebration of Zulu heritage and ...

Fikile Khubone (23) was one of the 26 000 Zulu maidens (virgins) who turned out for uMkhosi WoMhlanga — the Reed Dance — on September 11. It took her six hours by bus to get from her home in Edendale ...

The amaZulu royal family is expected to host the annual Zulu maidens reed dance at the Enyokeni palace in Nongoma, northern KwaZulu-Natal. King Misuzulu kaZwelithini’s brother, Prince Simakade, who is ...

A group of Zulu maidens called on search engine giant Google to stop removing their bare-breasted pictures from the internet. The maidens made the call on Saturday at the annual reed dance, where they ...

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 ...

Thousands of young women and teenage girls will dance before the new king of South Africa’s Zulu nation on Saturday, defying critics of the tradition and a row over the legitimacy of the royal ...