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After a long battle, Mbalenhle Ntuli has won the right to use his laptop in his Johannesburg prison cell.Image: GroundUp/Google Maps
JOHANNESBURG MEDIUM C PRISON

Court gives Joburg prisoner permission to use laptop behind bars

The South Gauteng High Court has ordered that Mbalenhle Ntuli, an inmate at Johannesburg Medium C prison, be allowed to use his laptop, without a modem, in his single cell. Ntuli, who represented himself in court, took the national…

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The courts have ruled that spanking is unconstitutional on the grounds that it violated children’s rights.Image: 123RF/prazis
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

ConCourt rules that ‘reasonable chastisement’ is no defence for spanking kids in SA

Parents no longer have a defence if they are accused of assault for smacking their children at home. The Constitutional Court on Wednesday upheld an earlier ruling by the High Court to do away with the common-law defence of reasonable…

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