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Triumph for Muslim women as army amends dress code

AN OFFICER in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) has claimed a second victory against her employer.

Despite the SANDF instructing Major Fatima Isaacs to remove the headscarf, she wore under her beret, she refused. And after two years, her employer has amended its dress code policy to allow the headscarf to be worn.

Isaacs, 48, of Athlone, Cape Town, has

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