Pretoria Girls’ High hair policy tops the news
Johannesburg - Protests against the Pretoria Girls' High School hair policy topped headlines in South Africa last week, a media monitoring organisation reported.
"This is the biggest story by far this week, dwarfing Pravin Gordhan and the state-owned enterprises," said Roi Africa's managing director Tonya Khoury.
The school policy story took nearly a quarter of all news coverage, followed by coverage of the finance minister's current tense position – which encapsulated nearly 9% of all stories.
The solar eclipse garnered 3.94% share of news coverage compared to proceedings to appoint a new public protector which was the focus of just 1.25% of news stories over the past week.
Meanwhile on social media in South Africa, the Pretoria Girls' High School story rapidly gained traction.