Faeem Karodia said the introduction of the SASL as an official language will open doors for people in the deaf community. Faeem Karodia, a sign language activist, believes making South African Sign ...

“The voice of the deaf has eventually been heard‚” said Shamila Surjoo‚ director of the KZN Blind and Deaf Society‚ as news broke that “sign” could soon become South Africa’s 12th official language.

Learners argue that the Department of Basic Education adequately doesn’t understand how deaf education and South African Sign Language work together, to the detriment of teaching. Modiegi Njeyiyana ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) South African Sign Language is now the country's 12th official language . Parliament approved a constitutional amendment in a bid to“promote the rights of persons who are ...

It was nine years ago that a deaf teenager from Durban took the national and provincial health departments to court, asking for an order that would allow him to take South African Sign Language (SASL) ...

This September, as we commemorate Deaf Awareness Month, it is a good moment to look back on the progress made in recognising South African Sign Language (SASL) and to raise awareness of the ...

Neema Foundation for the Deaf, an organisation that advocates for the rights and dignity of the deaf community, has extended an invitation for award-winning musician Ndivhudzannyi Ralivhona, popularly ...

The South African National Deaf Association (Sanda) used International Deaf Awareness Month in September to amplify its call for the recognition of South African Sign Language (SASL) as the 12th ...

Andries van Niekerk, a specialist at the National Institute for the Deaf (NID) in Worcester, grew up in a home of limited spoken language. “The spoken language was primarily between my brother and I, ...