`SANDF major`s hijab charges a violation of her rights`
(World News South Africa)

Cape Town - There was outrage among religious groups and civil society on Tuesday when a Muslim woman who is member of the SANDF appeared before the Court of Military Justice at the Castle of the Good Hope for wearing a headscarf underneath her formal military beret. Headscarves are seen as a sign of modesty as well as a symbol of religious faith. Brigadier-General Mafi Mgobozi, the SANDF´s director of Defence Corporate Communication, said Major Fatima Isaacs, who works as a clinical forensic pathologist at 2 Military Hospital in Wynberg, was charged with `wilful...