Traditionally clad Zulu maidens prepare to take part in the mini reed dance (uMkhosi woMhlanga) in the rural district of Emalangeni, some 80kms north of Durban on August 19, 2017. / AFP A ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thousands of young women and teenage girls will dance before the new king of South Africa’s Zulu nation on Saturday, defying critics of the tradition and a row over the legitimacy of the royal ...

More than 1‚000 Zulu maidens are expected to descend on Egcekeni Primary School in Shongweni‚ west of Durban‚ for the annual maidens’ conference at the weekend. The event is a build-up to the annual ...

A lot has been said about Zulu maidens parading bare-breasted in public, but those who understand the culture say it is a matter of pride and not shame – unless one has eaten of the forbidden fruit, ...

Thousands of maidens at the annual Zulu Reed Dance in KwaZulu-Natal arrived this weekend to a marquee without any carpets to sleep on, and raised their ire when carpets arrived later that were like ...

Zulu maidens outside the Vereeniging Magistrates Court where the five suspects accused of the murder of two 25 year olds will appear. Picture: Jabulile Mbatha/ EWN A group of Zulu maidens has staged a ...

Any event featuring Jacob Zuma, virginity tests and more than 25,000 bare-breasted maidens dancing for a polygamous king is unlikely to pass entirely without incident. And so it proved with this ...

Wanted: 30 000 dancers for an ensemble performance. Requirements: Applicants must be virgins, young and single, as well as willing to dance semi-nude. Remuneration: None. That’s not a classified ...