Last week in Swaziland, young women paraded before the king in the annual Reed Dance, wondering if he would choose one of them to be his next wife. But many of the girls did not want to be there. The ...

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 ...

Maidens prepare to deliver the reeds at Ludzidzini royal palace on Sunday. During the eight-day ceremony, virgin girls cut reeds and present them to the queen mother. The Reed Dance also allows ...

LUDZIDZINI ROYAL VILLAGE, Swaziland (Reuters) - Thousands of bare-breasted young Swazi women paraded in front of their king to celebrate chastity and unity, dismissing criticism of the lavish ceremony ...

Thirty-eight women were killed and 20 others seriously injured in Swaziland on Saturday in a truck crash that occurred as the passengers were on their way to dance for the country’s king at a festival ...

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 ...