Buthelezi: Reed dance reduces Aids figures

Buthelezi: Reed dance reduces Aids figures

01 Sep 2012 19:02 - Sapa
The reintroduction of the annual reed dance has decreased the spread of Aids in the country, the IFP's Mangosuthu Buthelezi has said.
Mpho Moshe Matheolane: Living with culture, letting it go

Mpho Moshe Matheolane: Living with culture, letting it go

01 Aug 2012 11:03 - Mpho Moshe Matheolane
Debates around cultural practices like lobola will always become a spectacle if they don't address its relevance to the people who practise it.
Unions want boycott of Swaziland's cultural highlight

Unions want boycott of Swaziland's cultural highlight

13 Jul 2012 08:58 - Louise Redvers
Swazi unions are calling on the government to pay out a 4.5% salary increase and end the teachers' strike or risk a boycott of the reed dance.

Reed dance under scrutiny

17 Feb 2012 14:07 - Percy Zvomuya
A piece at this year's Dance Umbrella interrogates the annual reed dance, in which young virgins are presented before King Goodwill Zwelithini.

Women's league says reed dancers must cover up

31 Aug 2008 20:57 - Staff Reporter
The women participating in the reed dance in KwaZulu-Natal must not expose themselves in public, the African National Congress Women's League said.