Zimbabwe Court Says School Must Admit 4-Year Old Rastafarian

In Zimbabwe's second largest city, Bulawayo, a high court judge in a case brought by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights has ordered school authorities to allow a a 4-year old Rastafarian boy to enroll in in class. Radio VOP reported yesterday that school authorities at Masiyephambili Junior School had barred the child because he was wearing his hair in dreadlocks. The court wrote in part: "There is no lawful basis for the Respondents to interfere with the minor child’s right to education based on his long hair that expresses his religious beliefs."