A snap poll has found that many schools still forbid traditional African styles, but some are reviewing their codes of conduct.
Present-day Nazarites have relaxed strictures around hair but Rastas resolutely hold on to their dreads.
A 15-year-old Cape Town boy has been suspended from school after refusing to trim his dreadlocks.
Navalsig High School in Bloemfontein has asked the Equality Court to throw out a controversial case involving a learner’s right to wear dreadlocks.
An unprecedented case before the Equality Court involving the right to wear dreadlocks has put school codes of conduct under the spotlight.
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/ 7 November 2008
In Las Vegas on November 22 Ricky Hatton fights Paulie Malignaggi, who had to be given a mid-fight haircut in May.