Ntsiki Mazwai Rallies to Help Child who was Kicked Out of School for Wearing Her Afro

Ntsiki Mazwai Rallies to Help Child who was Kicked Out of School for Wearing Her Afro

  • Passionate activist and bead worker Ntsiki Mazwai reacted to a viral video of a school child revealing she got kicked out of school
  • The South African poet pledged to help the pupil who claimed she got sent home for wearing her natural hair
  • Mzansi has come together in the child's defence and called out the school for alleged discrimination
Ntsiki has defended a child who was discriminated.
Ntsiki Mazwai has pledged her support for a school child who was allegedly discriminated. Image: @miss_ntsiki_mazwai
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The activist in Ntsiki Mazwai came out in full force after she was tagged in a video of a young girl sharing an unfortunate incident at her school.

Ntsiki Mazwai reacts to a video of pupil getting kicked out of school

South African poet and talented bead artist Ntsiki Mazwai reacted to a video of a girl pupil who expressed shock and disbelief after she was sent home for wearing her natural hair.

Internet user @MkwanaziTK posted the TikTok video on X, and tagged Ntsiki Mazwai, pleading her to intervene.

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Mazwai asked what school she attended and urged people to come forward with a name.

Ntsiki Mazwai has always been an activist for natural hair and never shied away from slamming women who would wear weaves and proudly so.

In 2024, Mazwai said it is a mental illness: "First, we need to address the mental illness of having two sets of hair on your head because you hate your hair so much. Let's start with the self-esteem issue ravaging black women."

Ntsiki Mazwai reacted to a schoolgirl who got kicked out.
Ntsiki Mazwai has always been an activist for natural hair. Image: Frennie Shivambu/Gallo Images/Getty Images
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Mzansi supports young girl after school kicks her out

Netizens came together in the child's defence, expressing shock that such incidents still happen in this day and age.

@Thuli_kaNtuli pleaded:

"Please help this girl, just lost a high school age going niece because of abuse and bullying. These kids shouldn't be ill treated like this."

@MkwanaziTK shared:

"She's not saying the name of the school,I asked maybe they will answer."

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@Mthokozisi055 asked:

"What can Twitter people to help the young girl."

@ndu910527 stated:

"Action must be taken against the school."

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In a previous report from Briefly News, activist Ntsiki Mazwai weighed in on Nota Baloyi's mental health, saying he is not 100% okay upstairs.

This was after the star was sentenced to 60 days in prison for ignoring a court order related to his feud with rapper K.O.

Source: Briefly News

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Jessica Gcaba (Entertainment editor) Jessica Gcaba is an Entertainment Editor for Briefly News (joined in 2023). She is a Journalism graduate from the Durban University Of Technology (2019). She has 4 years of experience as an Entertainment and Lifestyle Journalist at Africa New Media Group writing for ZAlebs website. She passed a set of trainings from Google News Initiative. To reach her, contact: jessica.gcaba@briefly.co.za