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 ...

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 ...

Young women, known locally in the KwaZulu-Natal province as "maidens", participate in a traditional "reed dance", an age-old annual ceremony in celebration of sexual purity and promotion of sexual ...

Zulu maidens at the Siyaya eMhlangeni programme. The leader of the KwaFodo Traditional Authority, Inkosi Lucky Mgqigqelwa Fodo, said the Siyaya eMhlangeni programme paves the way for the annual ...

Every year, thousands of young girls arrive at the Zulu King Palace in Nongoma and have already undergone virginity testing in their districts throughout the province in a bid to get married to the ...

The Reed Dance is a Zulu tradition which dates back to ancestral times, where virgin maidens gather reeds for the royal monarch to symbolise their purity. For the Easter weekend the Durban-based ...

Zulu maidens participating in this year's annual Royal Reed Dance will, for the first time in the history of the traditional event, be given career guidance. To add to the educational value of the ...

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 ...