The council for educators needs a heavier hand in dealing with the scourge of corporal punishment This Youth Day marks 45 years since the Soweto Youth Uprising. On 16 June 1976, an estimated 20,000 black student protestors in Soweto took to the streets to protest the oppressive, discriminatory education system imposed on them by the apartheid government. In response, the police killed at least 176 of the learners and injured many more. We commemorate Youth Day every year to honour the students who fought against the systemic injustice, violence, and discrimination of the education system at the time. However, this Youth Day, it is worth remembering that violence against children in South African schools has not ... Continue reading... https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/othe...the-scourge-of-corporal-punishment/ar-AAL40sr Find in Internet Archives [google]The council for educators needs a heavier hand in dealing with the scourge of corporal punishment[/google]