Spanking Children is Unconstitutional - South African ConCourt

The Constitutional Court has upheld a South Gauteng High Court ruling in 2017 to eliminate the common-law defence of reasonable chastisement when spanking a child. The court said that there are effective ways to discipline a child without needing to resort to corporal punishment.

Inside the Constitutional Court (file photo).

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