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  • FILE: Picture: Kgothatso Mogale/EWN.

    Black pupils will write exams despite their hairstyles, says headmaster at PE school

    Pupils at Lawson Brown High complained that they were being discriminated against.

    2095 days ago
  • Parents and University students gathered outside Pretoria High School for Girls on 29 August. Picture: Kgothatso Mogale/EWN.

    Pupils, parents protest outside PTA High School for Girls against policies

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    2095 days ago
  • Picture: Barry Bateman/EWN.

    EC officials intervene at PE school over hair issues

    Officials have moved to intervene to defuse tensions at Lawson Brown High School.

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  • University of Pretoria. Picture: Facebook.

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  • Tshwane Mayor Solly Msimanga joined the Education Department together with Gauteng MEC Panyaza Lesufi in the meeting at the Pretoria Girls High School. Picture: Thando Kubheka/EWN.

    Lesufi suspends Pretoria school's code of conduct

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    ‘Black women’s hair struggles caused by relaxers’

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    Parents rally behind PTA school girls

    Black girls at the Pretoria High School for Girls say they have been forced to straighten their natural hair.

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  • SA actress Florence Masebe has shared how the industry she works in tries to change her natural look. Picture: Twitter: @FloMasebe

    ‘There is no such thing as a mild hair relaxer’

    Clinical researcher Nonhlanhla Khumalo says advertising around hair products needs to change.

    2096 days ago
  • Pupils from Pretoria Girls High School. Picture: Kgothatso Mogale/EWN.

    PTA girls break down as they describe how they’re treated at school

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    2096 days ago
  • Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi opens the Thulasizwe school for autistic learners in Soweto.  Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    [LISTEN] MEC Lesufi concerned over alleged racism at Pretoria school

    Talk Radio 702 host John Robbie spoke to Gauteng MEC for Education, Panyaza Lesufi, after girls attending Pretoria Girls High School were apparently instructed to straighten their hair.

    2096 days ago
  •  Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Lesufi to visit Pretoria school over 'racist practices'

    Girls attending a Pretoria school have apparently been forced to straighten their hair.

    2096 days ago
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    Mixed reactions to Bra Hugh's weave comments

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    2400 days ago
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    OPINION: Straight hair is good hair. The things we teach young children

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    2480 days ago
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