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Zimbabwe:
To Spank or Not to Spank Children (2)
Financial Gazette, 16 April 2015
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Zimbabwe:
So You Think Child-Spanking Is Illegal (1)
Financial Gazette, 9 April 2015
AMERICAN culture deserves our outmost attention because sooner or later, we imitate it, without realising that we do not have the resources to cover up mistakes which they… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Ban On Corporal Punishment Opens New Era for Children
The Herald, 25 March 2015
The recent ruling by Justice Muremba outlawing corporal punishment on children as was previously permitted by the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act has raised a storm among the… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
The Need for Multiform March to Stop Child Violence
Ethiopian Herald, 19 March 2015
This piece is a synopsis of the report aimed at informing and accelerating pan-African, regional and national efforts to prevent and respond to the violence perpetrated against… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Zimbabwean Headmistress Charged With Murder After Caning Schoolboy
RFI, 5 February 2015
A school headmistress has appeared in court in Zimbabwe facing a murder charge after a pupil she caned later died. The boy had been sent to the headmistress, who worked at a school… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Headmistress Beats Pupil to Death
The Herald, 4 February 2015
Beating up a pupil for misbehaving in class proved costly to a headmistress after the victim collapsed and died during the punishment. Modester Rubhabha (43), who is the acting… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Corporal Punishment Law Rapped
Zimbabwe Standard, 1 February 2015
Parents and educationists say the recent ban on corporal punishment exposes children to unbecoming behaviour as they ride on the legal cover. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Outlawing Corporal Punishment On Male Juveniles in Zimbabwe
New Zimbabwe, 29 January 2015
LAST week, Justice Esther Muremba, a High Court judge, ruled in a case involving a male juvenile offender, that s. 353(1), a provision of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Court Outlaws Caning of Offenders
The Herald, 17 January 2015
JUVENILE offenders will no longer be sentenced to caning after the High Court recently ruled that corporal punishment is unconstitutional and has no place in the country's statutes… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
High Court Bans Caning of Juvenile Offenders
New Zimbabwe, 16 January 2015
THE High Court has abolished corporal punishment against juvenile offenders saying the practice was illegal under the new constitution and, globally, regarded as violence against… Read more »