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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 – 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 ...

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 ...