Swaziland’s leader King Mswati officially unveils his 14 th virgin bride This follows a week long annual traditional event known as Umhlanga Annual Reed Dance The girls have to undergo a ...

Public reports state that the tentative date for the Reed Dance this year is September ... soon get married to the monarch of eSwatini, King Mswati III. Nomcebo Zuma, 21, has been asked for ...

Nomcebo Zuma’s engagement to King Mswati III was made official earlier this week at the end of the eight-day reed dance ceremony - a traditional rite of passage for young women and girls held ...

King Mswati III selected Senteni in 1999 during the annual Royal Reed Dance ceremony where he customarily selects a new wife from the thousands of bare-breasted maidens who dance for him.

The days-long reed dance, also known as the Umhlanga, is celebrated as an example of Eswatini’s “graceful” culture. The ...