Following a Constitutional Court ruling on corporal punishment in the home, it is now illegal in South Africa to spank your child for whatever reason.
In a unanimous judgment delivered by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, the Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that physically correcting your child, no matter how well-intentioned, is unconstitutional, upholding an earlier decision of the high court to do away with the common law defence of “reasonable and moderate chastisement.”
The ruling has raffled many feathers and many took to twitter to express their disappointment with the highest court in the land.
Here’s some choice reactions from ordinary South African on Twitter:
WELCOME TO SOUTH AFRICA:
1. You Can Kill Them In Your Womb, But
2. You Can’t Spank Them In Your HomeWOW! THAT PUTS DEMONIC REASONING ON ANOTHER LEVEL, DOESN’T IT? #ConstitutionalCourt #ConCourt
— Miss SA Christian YouTuber 🎥🇿🇦 (@MissTshwanelo) September 18, 2019
Imagine coming back home to this surprise and you can’t spank them because it unconstitutional 😲 eyoh Angeke I might as well take them to #ConCourt and lay charges for malicious damage to property they must serve time. pic.twitter.com/bq3OvSaC5H
— Charles Dimoke (@Charles_Dimoke) September 18, 2019
Parents: take your dirty shoes off the couch
Kids: why? pic.twitter.com/emdLxe3Ats
— UZikode uMakhanda (@Innosile1) September 18, 2019
Kids reacting to the #ConCourt judgement about spanking of kids pic.twitter.com/j9MWdzkHVp
— Samu Queen (@samu_queen) September 19, 2019
The “NEVER SPANKED AS A CHILD” squad pic.twitter.com/QY3CAS12AR
— LetMeCorrectYou (@L_M_C_Y) September 18, 2019
Following the #ConstitutionalCourt ruling #Concourt 😂 pic.twitter.com/FGV46M7Aq9
— Kwanda (@kwanda_wakanda) September 18, 2019
you can go claim your money from the #ConCourt https://t.co/Ut23wOPm5z
— NYAOPE BOY (@Buddy_kooo) September 19, 2019
Akaye e Khonkoti ke #ConCourt pic.twitter.com/m4270wV14M
— Thulisile Mahlangu (@Namgwezana) September 19, 2019
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