Another hair-raiser: Mother demands justice after dreadlock drama at Christian school

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A Gauteng mother who chose to send her child to a Christian school in Midrand as she wanted her daughter to learn in a religious environment says she feels betrayed by the school after she and her child were assaulted, allegedly by the principal's husband.

that her daughter, 13, must cut her dreadlocks culminated in them being assaulted and her child being expelled from the school.

The mother says the principal had told them that no child must return from the Easter holidays with hair extensions. She claims that parents were never consulted before the decision was made, still, she removed her daughter's extensions and left her with dreadlocks."My daughter has been wearing dreadlocks since joining the school in Grade 3. I chose the school because it offers Afrikaans and was a street away from my home.

"I told the principal's husband that I didn't have a contract with him. He became aggressive. The husband walked to my daughter's classroom and ordered other pupils to go out. He remained with my child. "How did the principal allow her husband to grab my child like that? How did she allow him to assault us?" she asked.Officials have also uncovered that the school was not properly registered with the department.

 

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