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One year on… and still cutting it!

Saturday 13 July, 2024 marked one year in the business for Enslin Claasen and Lushandré Lotter who own Perfect Blends barbershop. With them is Bernie Hendricks, who was helping out for the day. The young entrepreneurs have used their…

PROTEST: Woolworths and Pick n Pay announced that they would remove TRESemmé products from their shelves following an alleged racist hair advert posted by Clicks.Picture: THULANI MBELE

Clicks: Losing all sense of proportion

John Kane-Berman for the Dailyfriend Supplied by the National Employers Association of South Africa (NEASA) That the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) should have seized upon the clicks hair advertisement to showcase their propensity for…

There are about 90,000 people active in the hair and beauty sector, which is a R300bn industry. Image: 123RF/belchonock

‘Give us a date‚’ hair and beauty industry tell government

Minutes after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Wednesday evening that the hair and beauty industry could reopen during level 3‚ scores of salon owners posted advertisements on social media advising clients that they would be open as…

Uitenhage stylist uses his hair to protest against Covid-19 lockdown

“What have we done?” asks Onele Cembi KwaNobuhle hairdresser Onele Cembi has found a way to register a protest against lockdown conditions: writing his protest in his hair. Cembi, who first “wrote” the words “Covid-19” in his dreadlocks,…

Looking good in lockdown: sharp spike in hair and beauty product sales

Being stuck indoors has created a higher demand for ethnic hair care and other beauty products as people have a lot of time to do their own hair. Some are even braiding their own hair. Lerato Sokhulu got frustrated with her Afro hairdo…