Corporal punishment in schools has been outlawed in SA for 24 years, but is still widespread.
The application in the North Gauteng High Court was lodged by the organisation Section27 “in the public interest”.
The “slap on the wrist” punishment meted out to two primary school teachers, the fact that they are still teaching and the failure of SACE to provide reasons for this, are at the heart of the application.
The Centre’s director Karabo Ozah said in court papers that SACE, “the custodian of the teaching profession”, has a duty to take effective and transparent disciplinary action against teachers who commit acts of violence against learners.