With more than 40 000 young maidens having handed over their reeds at the eNyokeni Royal Palace in KwaNongoma, KwaZulu-Natal, on Saturday, the annual Zulu reed dance marked 40 years since its revival ...

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 ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s annual Zulu Reed Dance ceremony was disrupted by hallucinating girls who swarmed the country’s president, a Johannesburg newspaper reported on Monday. Teenage girls ...

As the Zulu royal family wraps up final preparations for the annual Reed Dance festival which will take place at the weekend, King Misuzulu kaZwelithini’s office said the function will be conducted ...

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.

The Zulu royal family has dismissed growing criticism over the practice of virginity testing on girls under the age of 16, saying opponents are seeking to undermine one of the Zulu nation’s most ...

Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini used this year’s uMkhosi woMhlanga (Reed Dance) to deliver a stinging rebuke of Professor Musa Xulu, accusing the cultural analyst of insulting both him and the Zulu ...

JOHANNESBURG -- South Africa's annual Zulu Reed Dance ceremony was disrupted by hallucinating girls who swarmed the country's president, a Johannesburg newspaper reported on Monday. Teenage girls ...