Police spokesman Superintendent Muzi Mngomezulu said the stampede was caused by “pushing and shoving” while the young women were walking up to the palace for the event which is attended by about ...

Last week, thousands of Zulu maidens descended on the eMashobeni Royal Palace in Pongola to take part in Umkhosi woMhlanga, the Reed Dance, which is one of South Africa’s most sacred and striking ...

Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini used this year’s uMkhosi woMhlanga (Reed Dance) to deliver a stinging rebuke of Professor Musa Xulu, accusing the cultural analyst of insulting both him and the Zulu ...

As the Zulu royal family wraps up final preparations for the annual Reed Dance festival which will take place at the weekend, King Misuzulu kaZwelithini’s office said the function will be conducted ...

The annual reed dance took place at Mashobeni Royal Palace in northern KwaZulu-Natal last weekend. Thousands of maidens attended the ceremony. KwaZulu-Natal DA leader Francois Rodgers said the king's ...