Nestled in the heart of Sandton’s Rivonia Village, is a fabulously coloured and highly interactive salon that caters for little girls’ natural hair needs. Founded by staunch business woman Nthabaleng Nhlapo, Afrokids Salon seamlessly bridges the big gap in the children’s natural hair salon market. Although research on the hair...

The academic and social discrimination of predominantly black women, based on the natural state of their hair is not a new issue in our society. Less than two years ago, student protests broke out at Pretoria Girls High in South Africa. Learners protested the school’s code of conduct which instructed...

More and more South African women are choosing to go back to their roots by rocking their afros. Some are even going as far as doing the ‘big chop’ in order to regrow their hair naturally, without relaxing it. Khethiwe ‘Makhethi’ Phakathi (32), co-founder of Ngemvelo Afro Only Specialist Salon hopes that...