Jose Tembe
BBC Africa, Maputo
Posted at 17:48
A university in Mozambique's
northern Nampula province has banned workers, students and teachers from coming
to the campus "improperly dressed."
In a notice stuck on walls at
Unizambeze University, administrators prohibit women from wearing:
- Tight-fitting dresses
- Miniskirts
- Sleeveless tops
- Cleavage-showing tops
- See-through cloths
- Slippers
- Body tights
- Ripped jeans and
- Blouses showing bras.
It also bans men from
wearing:
- Vests
- Shorts
- Ripped jeans
- Low-waist trousers and
- Slippers and
- Plaiting their hair.
Reaction to the ban has been
mixed, but most people I spoke to said it was "appropriate for the
African culture" and an "important rule to ensure decency in a
learning institution."
* The notice does not refer to
dreadlocks, as we earlier reported.
