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.

Travcoa organized a 3,500-mile, four-nation flying safari in September to attend the annual Zulu Reed Dance at the invitation of the Zulu royal family. The 18-day expedition, titled Once in a Lifetime ...

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 ...

Coronavirus lockdown rules forced Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini on Saturday to host a scaled down version of the annual reed dance celebration. Adorned in colourful beads, a young woman is pictured in ...

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 King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has used the Reed Dance, held for the first time at his new Emashobeni Palace, to lash out at Professor Musa Xulu, whom he accused of not only insulting him but the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The fight over virginity testing of teenage girls at the Reed Dance has split the Zulu community and rights groups. The Zulu Royal family and cultural activists say people fighting this practice are ...

South Africa's diverse culture and tradition bring people of all walks of life together. This is the case at Umkhosi Womhlanga, known as the Reed Dance, where thousands of young girls come ...

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