Kids' bottoms sacrosanct
25 January 2016 - 02:04
A church that preaches that parents should "lovingly spank" their children risks being taken to court by the SA Human Rights Commission if it does not change its stance within 30 days. But the Joshua Generation Church, in Cape Town, remained defiant yesterday after an investigative report published on Friday by the commission said that "parental chastisement amounts to abuse and violence towards children".
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