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 ...

Three drivers have appeared in court in Swaziland on charges relating to the deaths of 13 people, mostly children aged 11 to 16, who were being transported on the back of a truck that crashed going to ...

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 ...

(MENAFN- The Maravi Post) LOBAMBA-(MaraviPost)-Botswana President Ian Khama ribbed his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma on Tuesday after the leaders attended a parade of thousands of Swazi maidens ...

Over 80 000 women and girls, some as young as four, participated in this year’s Reed Dance in Swaziland on Monday. The women, known as imbali, came from every corner of the small Southern African ...

Ezulwini, Swaziland - Thousands of half-naked maidens danced for Swaziland's King Mwsati III Monday but a dire economic crisis is threatening to dampen popular fervour at the annual “reed dance” ...

Around 60,000 bare-breasted girls from across the landlocked kingdom, some as young as 10 years old, were presenting reeds they had cut from surrounding hills to the royal kraal yesterday while they ...

known as the Great She-Elephant, in a traditional Umhlanga Reed Dance meant to celebrate womanhood and virginity. “I’m proud to be Swazi and to be a virgin. We are here to ...

The King is traditionally mandated to pick a new wife every year from the virgins who partake in the traditional chastity rite held at the Ludzidzini Royal palace near Swaziland's capital Mbabane.

Thousands of Zulu maidens are making their way to Enyokeni Royal Palace in Nongoma, north of KwaZulu Natal for this year’s annual (uMkhosi woMhlanga) Reed Dace. Last weekend more than 100 000 Swazi ...