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 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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HUNDREDS of young maidens from Umzinyathi gathered in Greytown on Saturday to prepare for the Royal Reed Dance, set to take place from September 7 to September 9. Once a year, thousands of people make ...

Police spokesman Superintendent Muzi Mngomezulu said the stampede was caused by “pushing and shoving” while the young women were walking up to the palace for the event which is attended by about ...