In the case of In Re: Chikweche (Supreme Court of Zimbabwe, 1995, unreported), the applicant, a devout follower of the Rastafari movement, was refused registration as a legal practitioner by a High Court judge. The precise reasons for the refusal were not clear but seemingly the applicant was not considered a “fit and proper person” as required by section 5(1)(f) of the Legal Practitioners Act. Before the Supreme Court it was submitted that such refusal was by reason only of the applicant's dreadlocks hairstyle and therefore this infringed his constitutional right to freedom of conscience.