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 ...

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) ...

“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.

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 ...

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 ...

The deaf community has often been left out of spaces that able-bodied people easily negotiate. This and the lack of recognition of SA Sign Language (SASL) as an official language, when millions of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The story of friendship brings inclusion and diversity into children's literature, while highlighting the fight to officially recognise sign language in South Africa. Mpumi and Jabu's Magical Day is a ...