Another popular practice is the application of hair extensions or weaves in which strands of hair are woven in. At Rita’s salon, synthetic hair extensions cost $10. In Johannesburg’s upmarket business district, prices range up to $800 for hair extensions.
Donald Zaburoni has been a hair stylist for nearly 10 years. He said the improving quality of human hair extensions has driven demand, although for some women, the time and the potential pain is not worth it.
“You have people in SA that prefer to be all African natural, they don’t go for weaves, they don’t go any other thing” he explained. ” Most of my clients used to have weaves, used to relax their hair – then they realized that this is not for me…So with your natural hair you do your corn rows, you do anything with it, you want to rock up in your afro – you rock up in your afro.”
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