Corporal punishment at home
Corporal punishment still being used at schools in WC - SACEC
The South African Council for Educators' (SACEC) latest annual report shows some teachers are still being heavy-handed.
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NPC: Corporal punishment ruling important for child rights
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng ruled on Wednesday that corporal punishment was illegal, even in homes.
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National campaign needed around corporal punishment, says Children’s Institute
The Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that the use of moderate and reasonable chastisement, which included spanking, was inconsistent with the Constitution.
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ConCourt says corporal punishment unlawful at home
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, who presided over the case, said that the defence of reasonable chastisement was inconsistent with the Constitution.
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Children’s Institute hopes ConCourt bans corporal punishment completely
The Constitutional Court will on Wednesday rule on whether corporal punishment can be used in private homes.
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[LISTEN] Corporal punishment: Discipline or abuse?
CapeTalk host Kieno Kammies interviewed education activist Hendrick Makaneta and Lucy Jamieson, senior researcher at Children's Institute (UCT) about using corporal punishment to discipline children.
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Mogoeng: 'ConCourt wants to find lasting solution to scourge of violence, abuse'
The Constitutional Court heard an appeal by organisation Freedom of Religion South Africa against a high court ruling which effectively declared all forms of physical force by parents on their children unlawful.
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'Not using physical force to punish children can result in good behaviour'
Ann Skelton, legal representative for the groups against child abuse, says reasonable chastisement cannot be effectively measured and therefore opens a child up to abuse.
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'Parents should be able to discipline kids without interference from state'
For SA says it’s not asking the apex court to rule on spanking or corporal punishment but on the rights of parents to use moderate physical correction to discipline their children.
