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News24 Wire reports that retail giant Woolworths has disputed claims that an employee at one of its stores, Mathapelo Nkopane, was suspended for wearing isiphandla – a traditional animal skin wristband.
“We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind in our stores. Ms Nkopane was not suspended for wearing isiphandla,” Woolworths stated on Tuesday. Isiphandla is a sacred traditional wristband worn following a traditional ceremony until it falls off naturally. The company indicated that the employee’s suspension related to an “unrelated disciplinary matter”. “We have been engaging with Ms Nkopane on these issues in order to reach a resolution,” Woolworths stated. This came after it was reported that Nkopane had been suspended and was being investigated by the Woolworths store in Blairgowrie, Johannesburg, for wearing her cultural wristband since March last year, after she performed an ancestral ceremony. Nkopane has worked as an interactive coordinator at the store since February last year and allegedly got approval from her line manager to wear the wristband.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard at The Citizen
- Read too, Woolworths says employee was not suspended for isiphandla but 'other issues', at The Star
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