Cape Town - The much-celebrated and long-awaited day finally arrived when President Cyril Ramaphosa officially signed Sign Language (SASL), into law, making it the 12th official language. Ramaphosa ...

The deaf community voiced concerns about the shortage of teachers for deaf pupils. On Tuesday, the Wits Centre for Deaf Studies celebrated its 25th anniversary. In July, Cyril Ramaphosa announced that ...

International Month for Deaf People is observed annually in September to promote awareness of the rights of deaf people around the world, and bring to the fore challenges faced by deaf people. The ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa will today (Wednesday 19 July 2023) sign into law the South African Sign Language Bill, making sign language the 12th official language of the country. On 2 May 2023, the ...

Cape Town - The National Assembly approved the report of the portfolio committee on justice and constitutional development to amend the Constitution to include South African Sign Language (SASL) as an ...

The lack of adequate training for teachers meant to cater for deaf pupils is leading to literacy issues among the deaf. While the country has 43 schools for the deaf, 38 of which use South African ...

30 Sep 2024 (South African Government News Agency) There's an old adage that states that the pen is mightier than the sword and the passage of time is proving this to be true. President Cyril ...

Hearing people often expect that Deaf people should accommodate and assimilate to the needs of hearing people and not the other way around, writes Susan Njeyiyana. For the past 75 years, since the ...

Newly crowned Miss South Africa Mia Le Roux believes being in the spotlight will help shine light on the “blind spots” in the nation and foster inclusion of all people. Speaking to the media at the ...

This is the third in a series of columns on “What 10 words best describe our South Africa?” Read the first two here and here. It’s true confession time. Compared with the president, I am illiterate.