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.
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.
The Commission says the ruling makes it difficult for parents to discipline children in a society already plagued by problems such as youth drug and alcohol abuse.
Last week a High Court outlawed corporal punishment in homes.
Dr Stefani Rohrs from the Children’s Institute says the reason for the persistence of corporal punishment is a lack of enforcement of the legislation surrounding beating children.
It’s understood the principal was suspended last year pending an investigation into allegations that he used corporal punishment.
The Western Cape has seen the lowest number of corporal punishment cases in the country, with some educators being fired for implementing the practice.
Cosas in the Western Cape claims the plight of underprivileged pupils in the province goes unnoticed.
Equal Education has found corporal punishment still exists at 83 percent of schools in the Western Cape.
The claims are made in a memorandum from Iqhayiya Secondary pupils handed over to education officials.
The SACE says a total of 346 complaints have been brought against teachers since April.
