Greetings from South Africa, where the South Gauteng High Court ruling has declared parents will no longer be allowed to spank their children. Corporal punishment has previously been outlawed as a punishment in the justice system or in schools, but parents could still smack their children using a plea of special defence of reasonable chastisement.
Parents in South Africa will now have to think twice about hitting their children as a form of punishment. They will no longer be able to use the special defence plea in court.
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