Sign language is set to become South Africa's 12th official language on Wednesday. ECRNewsWatch SignLanguage
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to sign the South African Sign Language Bill into law at the Union Buildings.South Africa becomes will be the fourth country in Africa to recognise it as an official language after Kenya, Zimbabwe and Uganda.
Founder of the Wits Centre for Deaf Studies Claudine Storbeck says it's an essential step towards the realisation of the rights of persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. "As the country celebrates, I think every business, every NGO needs to start training one or two people in the community in sign language. It's an investment because sign language is a real, formal, complex, linguistically amazing language.“Every business need to take it up. These are clients, taxpayers, these are people coming to purchase your clothes, your food, coming to your hospitals.
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