Thuli Madonsela calls for more dialogue around racial cultural differences
THULI Madonsela on Wednesday weighed in on the school hair policy protests that have erupted in schools around the country‚ saying there is a need for "circles of healing".The popular outgoing public protector told Talk Radio 702 that chapter 5 of the Equality Act, which concerns the promotion of equality, needed to be implemented and required a funded programme to encourage dialogue about racial and cultural differences.Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi had intervened on Monday at Pretoria High School for Girls following protests over a reported instruction to black pupils to straighten their hair. Schooling at Lawson Brown High School in Nelson Mandela Bay was suspended on Tuesday after a pupil was allegedly told she would not be able to write her exams with an afro.READ THIS: The grievances, and a way forward, in the Pretoria Girls hairstyle furoreMadonsela said she had found the diversity awareness workshops she attended when she joined the Department of Justice in 1995 to b...
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