The African National Congress (ANC) has governed South Africa since the inauguration of Nelson Mandela in 1994, which formally brought about an end to apartheid. It supported and actively participated ...

Africa's last absolute monarch of Swaziland, King Mswati III (R) attends the "Reed Dance" at Ludzidzini Royal Residence near the capital, Mbabane on August 28. Swaziland's annual "Reed Dance", a ...

For her final reed dance, KwaZulu-Natal maiden Palesa Zwane, 22, will not be surrounded by hundreds of fellow young women to participate in an age-old Zulu cultural rite of passage. Instead of ...

Ezulwini - Swaziland's annual "Reed Dance", a ceremony which is meant to be a traditional show of virginity by thousands of maidens, is acquiring a seedier reputation for events off stage. About 60 ...

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 ...

Police in Swaziland have warned 'random' men not to loiter near camps housing tens of thousands of supposed virgins during the forthcoming Reed Dance or Umhlanga ceremony. In the past men found in ...

The annual reed dance by young Zulu women was held at the Zulu king's royal palace in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday. Instead of tens of thousands of women, the king only invited 30 participants due to ...

Swaziland’s annual Reed Dance, a ceremony which is meant to be a traditional show of virginity by thousands of maidens, is acquiring a seedier reputation for events off stage. About 60,000 ...