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May 2023
S and Attorney General, Minister of Education ( the education division manager southern region) , Headmaster Blantyre girls primary school; Ex parte Mbewe ( A minor through his father and next friend Wisdom Mahara Mbewe) and Registered Trustees of the Centre of Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance ( CHREAA) (Judicial Review Case 55 of 2019) [2023] MWHC 32 (8 May 2023)
Policy forcing Rastafarian children to cut dreadlocks for school admission violates rights to religion, education and equality.
  • Constitutional law — freedom of religion — manifestation by hair (dreadlocks) — right to education — equality and non‑discrimination — administrative law — policy (written or unwritten) amenable to review — Wednesbury irrationality and proportionality — reasonable accommodation — remedies: declarations, certiorari, mandamus, costs.
8 May 2023