In an ideal situation, the typical head of state of a banana republic is expected to have an overbearing wife who spends money like confetti and gets political enemies murdered faster than you can say ...

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 virginity ...

Hundreds of young women and girls wearing colourful skirts and necklaces danced before Eswatini's King Mswati III on Saturday, during a centuries-old, coming-of-age ceremony in Africa's last absolute ...

Swaziland is a small landlocked country in southern Africa- ruled by the continent’s last absolute monarch. The reed dance which takes place yearly is the most well-known cultural event in the country ...

In the week of Swaziland’s annual Reed Dance, tens of thousands of virgin girls trek across the southern African kingdom to the Queen Mother’s royal residence, Ludzidzini. On the banks of the Little ...

Sphelele was picked as the king's 14th wife, during the annual Reed Dance ceremony which took place earlier this month. According to reports, Siphele is the daughter of a Swaziland Cabinet minister, ...