Friday last week was a special day for 17-year-old Anathi Marhe in grade 11 at Mfuleni High School. It was the day he was allowed back to school following his exclusion for nearly three weeks because of his dreadlocks.
Marhe says that at the start of the new school year on 13 January, he was told by his class teacher that boys are not allowed to have dreadlocks and he should cut them.
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