{"id":75403,"date":"2017-11-16T10:09:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T08:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=75403"},"modified":"2017-11-17T11:52:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T09:52:06","slug":"pupil-refused-exam-beard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/11\/16\/pupil-refused-exam-beard\/","title":{"rendered":"Pupil refused exam because of beard"},"content":{"rendered":"

A furious Sarah Radebe said that her son was being targeted. She drove to www.mobserver.co.za<\/a> after she was phoned to come and pick up her son from school.<\/p>\n

Senzo (17) was asked to leave the school grounds when he arrived to write his Afrikaans and English exams.<\/p>\n

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Mrs Radebe said that other children looked far worse when it came to their hair and beards. Her son claims that he has been targeted by a certain teacher since his return from initiation school, which saw him being absent for a prolonged period.<\/p>\n

The school did not want to comment on the matter.<\/p>\n

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