Cape Town school reviews hair policy after controversy, protest
9 September 2019
A Cape Town school is reviewing its hair policy following protests by pupils who said that the current rules are racist.
Western Cape Department of Education spokesperson Bronagh Hammond on Monday confirmed that the department can, and has, requested that Malibu High School in Blue Downs review its Code of Conduct.
Pupils expressed outrage, in August, after they were allegedly ordered to plait their "untidy" hair or face suspension for violating the school's hair policy.
The children also claimed that staff members made derogatory remarks to them about their natural hair.