University of the Free State provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. Sign language is on its way to become the 12th official language in South Africa after parliament recently agreed ...

South African President Ramaphosa declares sign-language as an official language ...

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Bongumusa Manana, a 19-year-old deaf student who studies in a township in Johannesburg, sees South Africa's move to recognise sign as an official language as a huge ...

Claudine Storbeck has received research funding from the UK-MRC (Medical Research Council) and the Global Challenges Research Fund (UK-MRC/AHRC). She is a visiting researcher at the University of ...

Deputy Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Steve Letsike has warned that the constitutional promise of equality will remain unfulfilled if deaf South Africans are unable to access ...

When Andiswa Gebashe was growing up in Soweto in the 1990s, she had two dreams. "I wanted to be an actor, and I wanted to be the president," she says. Today, improbably, she is both – thought not ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. SOUTH AFRICA: Standing on stage during televised event at the FNB stadium Some members of ...

JOHANNESBURG - A South African sign-language interpreter accused of miming nonsense as world leaders paid tribute to Nelson Mandela defended himself as a "champion" signer on Thursday, but said he ...

Some members of the deaf community took to Twitter to express outrage An interpreter who was seen by millions of television viewers worldwide translating Nelson Mandela's memorial service into sign ...