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.

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 ...

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 ...

AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini was delighted by the turnout of the year’s first leg of the annual Umkhosi woMhlanga (reed dance). Over 3,000 Zulu maidens attended the traditional ceremony at ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Check out photos of traditionally clad Zulu maidens as they prepare to take part in the mini reed dance (uMkhosi woMhlanga) in the rural district of Emalangeni, Swaziland. Africa is blessed with some ...

UPDATE: King Misuzulu KaZwelithini has now taken the podium to address Zulu maidens at eNyokeni. However, everytime he tries to speak his voice is drowned by excited Zulu maidens. UPDATE: Overcome by ...

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 ...

Concerns over unwelcome ”sex perverts” have prompted the organisers of this weekend’s reed dance by Zulu maidens in Nongoma to impose strict access control. The maidens ”are increasingly becoming ...

The Umemulo tradition of the Zulus of South Africa in times past was a metric used in celebrating young maidens. The tradition was held for young girls who had stayed chaste before they were married ...