The Gauteng Education Department (GDE) has confirmed that it is aware of an instance involving a 13-year-old Crowthorne Christian Academy pupil who has been prohibited from attending school due to her dreadlocks violating the school’s new hair regulation.
The Grade 8 student was reportedly unable to attend school on Monday and Tuesday this week after being forcibly removed from her classroom.
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A video of the incident, which included a school official assaulting the pupil’s mother, has subsequently gone viral on social media.
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An assault charge has been opened with police
after a man is seen pushing a minor. There was a dispute over the learner’s extentions/dreadlocks. The incident took place at the Crowthorne Christian School in Midrand, Johannesburg. Video as received. pic.twitter.com/sI2rNTeydN— Yusuf Abramjee (@Abramjee) August 15, 2023
Tanya Booysen and her husband Andries are said to own the school.
Before the incident escalates, the mother is seen in the video telling a man known as Henk to parents, who is Booysen’s husband, that she will expose the school for its hair policy.
She is heard explaining that her daughter’s dreadlocks are not hair extensions but rather natural.
Henk is then seen forcibly pushing the pupil, who is accompanied by her mother, out of a classroom. All of this happened in front of other pupils.
“You have no right, you have no right,” the pupil can be heard yelling at the man.
Gauteng education spokesperson Steve Mabona stated that the incident has been noted.
“It must be noted that the said school is illegally operating, and the pupil was offered alternative schooling and counselling by the GDE.
“We are assisting the school to comply and encourage all unregistered institutions to engage with the department for assistance with registration processes,” said Mabona.
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Explaining how the altercation came about, the child’s mother, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the child, told The Sowetan she decided to go to the school on Monday to meet with Booysen. This, she says, was to explain that her daughter’s locks were her natural hair and not extensions.
Police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi confirmed the case and said no arrest has been made yet.
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