A UKZN engineering graduate has developed a prototype that uses computer vision and AI to convert selected South African Sign Language signs into spoken words in real time.

South Africa is known as the Rainbow Nation because it is home to people from diverse cultures, races and religions. We pride ...

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 ...

Officialising South African Sign Language (SASL) as the 12th official language will, in principle, have no significant effect on any of the linguistic human rights listed in the Bill of Rights. The ...

The significance of making South African Sign Language (SASL) the 12th official language lies in a few exceptional milestones. Firstly, South Africa becomes the first country in the world to recognise ...

South African Sign Language (SASL) has been officially recognised as a home language in the country's education system. "It is a source of great elation for all in the education sector that SASL is ...

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 ...

(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 ...

The agreement was recently signed by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Union Buildings in Tshwane. This followed the National Assembly approval in May that Section 6 of the Constitution be amended to ...

The National Assembly approved the Report of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development on the Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill [B1 – 2023] to amend section 6 of the ...

If South African Sign Language is recognised as one of the country's official languages, it will considerably ease many of the deaf community's problems of access, education and equality. The South ...