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 ...

THE Reed Dance — known as uMkhosi woMhlanga among the Zulu and uMhlanga in eSwatini — is not merely a spectacle. It is a living performance of cultural memory, moral instruction, and collective ...

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 ...

KwaZulu-Natal sport, arts and culture MEC Mntomuhle Khawula has stressed the importance of kick-starting venue upgrades at the eMashobeni royal palace after hosting its inaugural uMkhosi woMhlanga.

ALEX'S Zulu maidens returned home safely from their participation in the annual Reed Dance ceremony at the King's Palace in KwaZulu-Natal. With them are their elderly companions, Busisiwe Hlongwane ...

Joshua Mazibuko says ANCWL's call for Umkhosi Womhlanga to be abolished reveals party's disdain for everything indigenous ...

As the days for one of the celebrated festival uMkhosi woMhlanga (Royal Reed Festival) are drawing nearer, the Department of Arts and Culture would like to inform you that everything is going ...

No fewer than 45,000 Zulu maidens participated in the Annual Reed Dance, known as Umkhosi Womhlanga in Zulu Kingdom, South Africa, after going through virginity testing in their districts. The maidens ...