While tensions over schoolgirl hairstyles have simmered down in Pretoria, emotions ran high in Port Elizabeth yesterday as parents, pupils and teachers met at the Lawson Brown High School. The school has been accused of discriminating against black pupils after matric pupil Unathi Gongxeka was allegedly told she would not be allowed to write her trial examinations until she straightened or tied up her Afro hairstyle.The school has denied it instructed her to straighten her hair, but confirmed it had informed pupils that Afro hairstyles would not be permitted to be worn during the exams. Several pupils started crying yesterday after they were overcome with emotion, while others shouted and screamed at staff and school principal Donovan Cairncross.In Bloemfontein, parents at St Michael's School for Girls confronted the principal following claims of black girls being subjected to a "swimming cap" hair inspection.According to a group of parents, the principal took responsibility for instructing staff to do the test, which sought to identify hairstyles that would not fit into a swimming cap. The test will be discontinued.Gauteng Education MEC Pan-yaza Lesufi said a furore over hairstyles at Pretoria Girls High School had been resolved after he met the school's governing body, which would amend the school's code of conduct...