Mozambique University bans 'improper dressing'

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.