South Africa: MPs Spare the Bill Rather Than Spoil the Child

Cape Town — After months of agonising debate, the controversial section banning all corporal punishment of children by their parents has been whipped out of the Children's Amendment Bill.

At a meeting of Parliament's social development committee yesterday, all political parties agreed to drop what has been dubbed the spanking clause.

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