Meet rugby-mad barber ‘Oom Bennie’: snipping players’ and fans’ hair for decades in Joburg
There have been no bad hair days for Bennie Botes at his rugby-themed barber shop in Newlands
21 April 2024 - 00:00
Bennie Botes won't reveal his age but lets slip he has been cropping, fading and layering rugby players' and fans' hair for more than four decades in Johannesburg...
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