Concerns over unwelcome ”sex perverts” have prompted the organisers of this weekend’s reed dance by Zulu maidens in Nongoma to impose strict access control. The maidens ”are increasingly becoming ...

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 ...

The Zulu royal family has dismissed growing criticism over the practice of virginity testing on girls under the age of 16, saying opponents are seeking to undermine one of the Zulu nation’s most ...