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 ...

Last week, thousands of Zulu maidens descended on the eMashobeni Royal Palace in Pongola to take part in Umkhosi woMhlanga, the Reed Dance, which is one of South Africa’s most sacred and striking ...

The eThekwini Municipality has budgeted R900,000 for bus hire and accommodation for its officials to attend the Umkhosi woMlanga (Reed Dance) ceremony at the Mashobeni Palace in KwaZulu-Natal on ...

Eswatini's King Mswati III (C), South Africa's Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini (L) and former Botswana President Ian Khama (2nd R) arrive for the 2024 Umhlanga Reed ...

The Reed Dance will be held on 14 September at Mashobeni Royal Palace in Phongola, with over 30,000 maidens and R20-million set to be spent. Politicians will no longer address the maidens, except for ...

The annual reed dance took place at Mashobeni Royal Palace in northern KwaZulu-Natal last weekend. Thousands of maidens attended the ceremony. KwaZulu-Natal DA leader Francois Rodgers said the king's ...

The eThekwini municipality is spending almost R1-million to transport more than 1200 maidens from Durban to this year’s Reed Dance. The city will provide about 20 buses at R44,000 each to take the ...

Maidens sing as they proudly carry the ceremonial reed. Photo: Le2snaps. Singing, jubilation and traditional Zulu culture were on full display at the annual Reed Dance, held from September 12 to 14 at ...

ULUNDI Municipality has conducted a comprehensive transport inspection to ensure all buses that will be transporting maidens to the annual Reed Dance ceremony are in good condition. The Reed Dance ...

Durban maidens say girls who were not on the official list joined the Reed Dance in oPhongolo this year. They claim these girls arrived in private luxury cars and took both accommodation and Reeds ...