The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) is calling for greater implementation of South African Sign Language in public services as South Africa marks International Day of Sign Languages on ...

An artificial intelligence (AI) system that translates South African Sign Language (SASL) into speech in real time, has been developed by a University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) graduate.

UKZN graduate Akhil Hansrajh develops AI technology translating South African Sign Language into speech to help deaf people ...

Deaf students at the Khulani Special School learning sign language. Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images Sign language is on its way to become the 12th official language in South Africa after ...

Africa's media sign language interpreters have raised concerns over low payment, inadequate training, and the absence of interpretation services in important programs meant to cater to the deaf ...

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.

On May 4, 2023, South Africa’s parliament voted for an amendment to the constitution that added sign language as an official language. It was a historic moment, three decades of struggle in the making ...

KAMPALA, Nov 30 (IPS) - Since the onset of the Covid19 pandemic, at least two deaf people were shot and killed in Uganda by state law enforcement officers. Their ‘crime’ was being deaf and uneducated.

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 ...