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No to corporal punishment, but children should be taught wrong from right

The chairperson of the CRL Rights Commission says one of the issues to address while seeking alternatives to corporal punishment is how children are raised and whose values are valued. The commission's Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva was speaking during a dialogue in Johannesburg on Tuesday on alternatives to corporal punishment. "The issue of how we raise our children and whose values are valued is a debate that we should have in a […]

6 December 2017

Local

Parent’s can no longer spank their children: ruling

Parents who give their children a hiding will no longer be able to use the defence of ‘reasonable chastisement’ if they are later accused of assault. This comes after the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg ruled on Thursday that parents can’t be exempted from the law, even when their religious beliefs demand that they discipline their children. The judgment, handed down by Judge Raylene Keightley, was welcomed and criticised, […]

23 October 2017

News

Diffusing conflict in schools a challenge for educators

Respectful social interaction, a facet of development that many assume to be second nature appears to be lacking within schools across the country as verbal abuse against educators and principals runs rapid. Last week, the principal of Tafelsig High School, in Mitchells Plain, was threatened by a learner and required five teachers to retrain the learner, after which the learner was escorted off the schools premises. The incident followed the […]

19 October 2016

discipline

No to corporal punishment, but children should be taught wrong from right

Parent’s can no longer spank their children: ruling

Diffusing conflict in schools a challenge for educators

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