Other girls present at the occasion are expected to wear the Zulu traditional attire. The girls are made to sleep by the riverside naked on the eve of the ceremony. They are only covered with a ...

Zulus say their traditional ceremony is being sullied because of the wrong sort of attention from visitors. Photography at the dances, performed by virgin girls in South Africa, is strictly regulated.

The traditional Zulu wedding is called umabo. When a Zulu girl informs her father that she’s ready to get married, her father arranges a ceremony to inform the public about her availability. Once the ...

It has been a big year for Durban based luxury footwear brand iFele. The sandals, inspired by the traditional amaZulu’s “imbadada” sandals were seen on the SA Fashion Week runway in ...

Ahead of the annual Reed dance in Zulu kingdom, young girls in their thousands have undergone virginity test in their districts to affirm their purity before Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelithini.

Nomzamo Mbatha. Picture: Supplied. South Africa’s most expensive TV production to date, Shaka iLembe, is more than a historical drama; it’s a cultural masterpiece.

Zulu warrior Queen: Duchess of Cornwall shows off traditional headdress for trip to South Africa. By MAYSA RAWI and REBECCA ENGLISH FOR THE DAILY MAIL Updated: 17:31 EDT, 3 November 2011 ...