Dreadlocks
latest news & developments
Several state and private schools have bans on dreadlocks, Afros and braids
A snap poll has found that many schools still forbid traditional African styles, but some are reviewing their codes of conduct.
Holy hair: The long and short of it
Present-day Nazarites have relaxed strictures around hair but Rastas resolutely hold on to their dreads.
Pupil, school face off over dreadlocks
A 15-year-old Cape Town boy has been suspended from school after refusing to trim his dreadlocks.
Battle of the dreads rages on
Navalsig High School in Bloemfontein has asked the Equality Court to throw out a controversial case involving a learner’s right to wear dreadlocks.
School dreadlocks ban is tested in court
An unprecedented case before the Equality Court involving the right to wear dreadlocks has put school codes of conduct under the spotlight.
Locks aren’t everything
In Las Vegas on November 22 Ricky Hatton fights Paulie Malignaggi, who had to be given a mid-fight haircut in May.