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 ...

Last year 50?000 girls attended the annual reed dance in KwaZulu-Natal, a ceremony in which young virgins are presented before King Goodwill Zwelithini. The ritual is punted as “a colourful cultural ...

Swaziland's annual "Reed Dance", a ceremony which is meant to be a traditional show of virginity by thousands of maidens, is acquiring a seedier reputation for events off stage. Around 60,000 ...

Last weekend my friends and I lost our Reed Dance virginity. Prior to the deed, my white-liberal squeamishness mingled with a prurient male curiosity. Thousands of essentially naked young ladies ...

COLLECTING and presenting their king with cut reeds in homage to their culture is just one aspect of the Zulu Reed Dance (uMkhosi woMhlanga). The entire event takes place over several days and ...

Stringent security measures have been put in place for the Annual Reed dance which takes place at Zulu King Zwelithini’s eNyokeni Palace in Nongoma this weekend. The measures will include Road Traffic ...

Amazulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has cut short the traditional reed dance following Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi's death on Saturday. Misuzulu was speaking during what was to be the opening day of ...

Last week in Swaziland, young women paraded before the king in the annual Reed Dance, wondering if he would choose one of them to be his next wife. But many of the girls did not want to be there. The ...

King MisuZulu’s office said regardless of the conflict between the two factions, it expects the reed dance to go ahead without any incidents Thousands of maidens will on Saturday dance before Zulu ...