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Debate reignites over corporal punishment in Zimbabwean schools

The issue of corporal punishment in schools has once again sparked heated debate among Zimbabwean lawmakers, traditional leaders, educators, and parents, following a recent incident at SOS Hermann Gmeiner Primary School where a Grade 3 pup…

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:24hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter

Corporal punishment permissible in Zimbabwe, rules High Court

A HIGH Court judge yesterday ruled that corporal punishment is permissible and cannot be classified as assault and a criminal offence if the intent to discipline is proven.Justice Munamato Mutevedzi made the ruling when he cleared Yeukai G…

Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:39hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Student teachers want corporal punishment back

THE Council of Student Teachers (COST) has called on Parliament to revisit the corporal punishment ban at school saying it is the major contributor to the rise in child delinquency.Corporal punishment was outlawed in 2017 through a High Co…

Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 17:02hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Corporal punishment must never be viewed as violence

Editor,Children have to be put on a leash. A child who grows without the leash of fear of the stick meanders boundlessly into forbidden seams of the social realm. The element of force is an essential societal tool which has to be used to c…

Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 12:25hrs | 4 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa

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Debate reignites over corporal punishment in Zimbabwean schools

Corporal punishment permissible in Zimbabwe, rules High Court

Student teachers want corporal punishment back

Corporal punishment must never be viewed as violence

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