South African Court Hears Discrimination Claim By Hindu School Girl

The Cape Times today reports on a court hearing in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa last Friday, appealing the decision handed down last year by the Durban Equality Court. The magistrate below had rejected a discrimination claim by Sunali Pillay, a 16-year old high school girl who has been barred from wearing a gold nose stud. Pillay claims that the stud is a cultural and religious practice that has been adopted by South Indian Hindu women. The school says it is merely a fashion item.