The Constitutional Court’s spanking judgment does not pander to public opinion (M&G)

[Click here to read this message online.]( Free Edition 21 September 2019 [Mail & Guardian Logo]( [The Constitutional Court’s spanking judgment does not pander to public opinion]( [National]( | [Franny Rabkin]( [The Constitutional Court found that moderate and reasonable chastisement by a parent, as a defence to a charge of assault, was unconstitutional. Spanking is now considered assault under the law. (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)]( The Constitutional Court found that moderate and reasonable chastisement by a parent, as a defence to a charge of assault, was unconstitutional. Spanking is now considered assault under the law. (Graphic: John McCann/M&G) "We have a painful and shameful history of widespread and institutionalised violence." [Jewish resistance to Zionism is on the right side of history]( [Analysis]( | [Jared Sacks]( Confining people in effective Bantustans forces us to see Israel for what it is: a European project of domination [Mathunjwa retains Amcu presidency]( [Business]( | [Sarah Smit]( All positions up for nominations at the union's national elective congress were uncontested Premium content from M&G's Daily Edition: [Beyond baobabble, toil & trouble]( [Business]( | [Kevin Davie]( There’s a climate crisis. Eskom, whose plants burn carbon-producing coal, is in a financial crisis. It’s time to disrupt policy inertia [A day for getting high on emotion]( [Opinion]( | [Paddy Harper]( September 18: the day dagga was decriminalised and the day that the ConCourt reconfirmed beating a child is illegal [Big JSE shake-up as Prosus lists]( [Business]( | [Thando Maeko]( Naspers’s listing of its internet holdings on Euronext makes its assets more tradeable [Saudi strikes spill hopes of a petrol price cut]( [Business]( | [Tshegofatso Mathe]( The AA forecasts 95 octane will drop by 5 cents a litre and 93 octane by 20 cents [Plastic is paving an eco way]( [Business]( | [Tshegofatso Mathe]( Two local projects are turning to plastic instead of bitumen to bind the asphalt used to construct roads [Jobseekers suffocate in the shade of Sasol’s smokestacks]( [National]( | [Sarah Smit]( Metsimaholo municipality residents have accused the chemicals and energy company of not employing locals and of pumping toxic pollutants into the air [New ‘normal’ as Lockdown reloaded]( [National]( | [Lester Kiewit]( The president has directed the police minister to deploy another 1 000 troops in the Western Cape in the second wave of ‘Operation Lockdown’ [Mabuyane sold ANC-donated Jeep]( [Politics]( | [Thanduxolo Jika]( The Eastern Cape premier sold a vehicle that originally was the property of the party [Schools expel children with no IDs]( [Education]( | [Bongekile Macupe]( A case at the Makhanda high court this week could be the only hope for those who don’t have birth certificates to attend school [Two vie for DA federal chair]( [Politics]( | [Lester Kiewit]( With nominations opening this month, the contest for the Democratic Alliance’s second-in-command is heating up [Subscribe to access this content]( [Unsubscribe]( [View online]( [View PDF]( [Pause Subscription]( Constitutional Court’s spanking judgment does not pander to public opinion (M&G) [Unsubscribe]( • [Update Profile]( • [View PDF]( • [Share]( • [Pause Subscription]( • [View Online]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} on 21-09-2019 [Mail & Guardian]( is intended for opt-in communication only. If you feel this email is unsolicited please [report it]( to us Email Powered By [Mail & Guardian](