Will smacking your kids make them violent?

Experts suggest that banning corporal punishment in the home could lead to a less violent society. Joan van Dyk explains.

Dylan Bush

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Dylan Bush is Bhekisisa's production and multimedia manager.

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  Sangoma: Why I take ARVs
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  Deconstructing science: What journalists want
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  Mobile tech: A malaria-fighting secret weapon for Africa?
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  Kala azar: The killer disease nobody knows about

Joan van Dyk

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Joan van Dyk is a senior health journalist at Bhekisisa.

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  How your period could be messing with your mental health
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  The thriller that caused hundreds of organ donations
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  Why you should care about SA's new border detention centres
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  Syndicates and devious health professionals may target National Health Insurance