corporal punishment

Corporal punishment unacceptable: Rapcan

South Africans should not limit their outrage to the most horrific cases of child abuse, but rather to all instances where adults use physical violence as a means of controlling children, according to local advocacy group, RAPCAN. The declaration comes after a Hanover Park man appeared before the Athlone Magistrate’s[…]

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Corporal punishment has huge consequences

Although South Africa banned corporal punishment in September 1997, 17 years later, this form of punishment is still being used by some educators. This week, it emerged that a learner at Ndindini Junior Secondary School in Lusikisiki in Eastern Cape was beaten so brutally, he lost his sight. The grade[…]

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