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FILE: Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga held a media briefing on Saturday, 19 June 2021, where she announced that all adults working in public and independent schools; irrespective of their age; will get the opportunity to be vaccinated. Picture: GCIS.

Hair

Motshekga: Teachers & pupils must adhere to schools’ codes of conduct

By Eyewitness News

Motshekga has weighed in after a video emerged of a teacher forcefully combing pupils’ hair prior to them entering a school.

  • Nonkululeko Gobodo. Picture: https://nkululekoleadership.co.za/

    ‘Clicks ad affected me badly,’ Gobodo on why she resigned as non-exec director

    Gobodo stepped down from the board on Monday over the ad that labelled black hair dry, frizzy and damaged.

    648 days ago
  • Nonkululeko Gobodo. Picture: https://nkululekoleadership.co.za/

    Clicks non-exec director Nonkululeko Gobodo resigns, cites personal reasons

    Clicks has been marred in controversy after it published a racist ad on its website, labelling black hair as dry, frizzy and damaged.

    649 days ago
  • EFF representatives, led by party leader Julius Malema, met with a delegation from Unilever on 10 September 2020 following demonstrations over a racist ad for TRESemme hair products that appeared on the Clicks website. Picture: @EFFSouthAfrica/EWN

    Unilever to withdraw all TRESemmé products from retail stores for 10 days

    The decision was taken following a meeting with Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema, Unilever, and Clicks folowing nationwide outrage of a racist ad for the product on the Clicks website.

    654 days ago
  • Minister of Small Business Development Khumbudzo Ntshavheni. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN

    Small Businesses Dept to work with Clicks to replace TRESemmé with local brands

    One of the calls made by Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni was that the health and beauty outlet should remove TRESemmé products from all its branches.

    656 days ago
  • A hair product advert by retailer Clicks.

    Clicks: Senior exec resigns over racist hair ad, EFF vows to continue protests

    The racist advert was met with public outrage, protests by the Economic Freedom Fighters and calls to boycott and ban Clicks stores and TRESemmé products.

    656 days ago
  • EFF leader Julius Malema shutting down the Clicks store in the Cycad Shopping Centre in Limpopo on 7 September 2020. Picture: @EFFSouthAfrica/Twitter

    Malema calls on EFF members to be combat-ready, Clicks vows to stay open

    The red berets attacked Clicks stores nationwide as per Julius Malema's instructions after the retailer published and advert last week which insulted black hair.

    657 days ago
  • FILE: EFF leader Julius Malema. Picture: EWN

    DA in PE opens criminal case against EFF, Malema for inciting violence

    EFF party leaders have mobilised members to try shut down over 800 stores after outrage over an advert which depicted black hair as dry, damaged and frizzy, while hair of a white woman was described as normal.

    657 days ago
  • A screenshot of the Clicks ad that sparked anger on social media.

    Calls for Clicks to explain itself after offensive black natural hair advert

    The health and beauty retailer has come under fire for the campaign, which has been slammed for promoting negative sentiments towards black natural hair.

    660 days ago
  • Picture: @Clicks_SA/Twitter

    Clicks labelled racist for campaign ‘prejudiced against black natural hair’

    In a campaign run on its website, the company published an image of black hair, which is labelled as dry and damaged, while an example of white hair is described as fine and flat.

    660 days ago
  • Afro generic. Picture: EWN.

    Congress of SA Students to shut down CT school over ‘racist’ hair policy

    Last week, black and coloured pupils at the Blue Downs school claimed they were told they must plait their hair and are not allowed to wear afros.

    1026 days ago
  • Natural hair enthusiasts. Picture: Monique Mortlock/EWN

    Natural hair enthusiasts celebrate their hair at Stellenbosch event

    Hair experts from around the world and celebrities attended one of the biggest hair events on the social calendar, just outside Stellenbosch.

    1743 days ago
  • FILE: Sans Souci Girls’ High School in Cape Town. Picture: sanssouci.co.za

    Sans Souci principal advised not to report for duty

    Some learners at the school want the principal fired over the school's hair and language policy.

    2119 days ago
  • Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schafer met parents of protesting learners at Sans Souci Girls High School last week. Picture: Monique Mortlock/EWN.

    MEC looks to resolve Sans Souci hair, language issues

    Pupils at the Cape Town school will today hand over a memorandum of grievances to the MEC.

    2120 days ago
  • Sans Souci students protest outside of their school to highlight the alleged racist hair and language policies of the institution. Picture: Anthony Molyneaux/EWN

    WC Education looking into allegations of racism at Sans Souci Girl High

    Former learners have asked Education MEC Debbie Schafer to look into complaints dating back to 2011.

    2122 days ago
  • Sans Souci students protest outside of their school to highlight the alleged racist hair and language policies of the institution. Picture: Anthony Molyneaux/EWN

    [WATCH] School hair policies under fire​ in Cape Town

    Sans Souci scholars on Friday protested outside the school's gates after allegations emerged the school's hair and language policies are racist and exclusionary.

    2123 days ago
  • Learners at Sans Souci Girls High placed posters against a fence during a demonstration against alleged practices at their school. Picture: Monique Mortlock/EWN.

    OPINION: Not all blacks have black hair

    Haji Mohamed Dawjee looks at why natural hair protests aren't the struggle of all black people.

    2123 days ago
  • Social Media users have been urged to pledge thier support for Anti-racism Week under the hastag 'Take On Racism'. Picture: EWN

    OPINION: We don't need consent

    Ziyanda Ngcobo expresses her anger & observations over institutionalised racism.

    2124 days ago
  • Braids. Picture: EWN.

    OPINION: Hair is a currency

    Lisa Sonn considers the impact of embracing all black hair & black bodies.

    2124 days ago
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