Many also love the convenience of it - it can be a quick fix for a bad hair day. And young South African women are embracing the doek (as it is known in Afrikaans). One of the most popular forms ...

"On the other hand, we all have bad hair days, and to keep it hidden away we just bring out the doek as our fashion piece or statement, making it a fashion convenience as well," she says.

Whether she was rocking braids with beads, a glorious Afro or her famous doek - she always had an eye for the more fashionable styles in life. Last Friday, women around Mzansi donned black and sported ...

From time immemorial, the pride and honour of an African woman has been her doek. However, with the introduction of wigs and weaves, many women across the globe have shunned wrapping their beautiful ...