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 ...

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 ...

Hundreds of young women and girls wearing colourful skirts and necklaces danced before Eswatini's King Mswati III on Saturday, during a centuries-old, coming-of-age ceremony in Africa's last absolute ...

A number of maidens went to uMkhosi woMhlanga. About 340 maidens from the Umdoni Municipality jurisdiction headed to the Annual Reed Dance, also known as uMkhosi woMhlanga, at Enyokeni Royal Palace, ...

Little wonder King Mswati III beams when he arrives – bare-chested, proudly carrying erect his golden ceremonial sword and surrounded by a bunch of beefy warriors armed with lethal-looking knobkerries ...

Thousands of maidens gathered at the Enyokeni Palace this past weekend. (Photo from the Department of Arts and Culture) THOUSANDS of young women from all around South Africa attended the 32nd annual ...

Law enforcement officers have been deployed in preparation for increased traffic volumes to eNyokeni Royal Palace in Nongoma in northern KwaZulu-Natal for the annual reed dance on Saturday. The ...

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 65-year-old virgin has revealed her excitement after she was cleared to participate in the annual reed dance in South Africa. Ngipheni Ngcobo may be one of the oldest virgins at the age of 65, but ...

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 ...

The annual reed dance by young Zulu women was held at the Zulu king's royal palace in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday. Instead of tens of thousands of women, the king only invited 30 participants due to ...