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Dehumanising Malawi hospitals fail mothers with impairments

More than 1.7 million people in the country live with disabilities, but the hospital system is not set up for them, so they suffer indignity and worse

Learn the latest official language at the Wits Plus Language School 

South African Sign Language is our 12th official language – and now you can learn it

Recognition of South African Sign Language as an official language will help bring deaf people in from margins of society. (Photo by Luis Gandarillas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Deaf deserve to be heard

Recognition of South African Sign Language as an official language will help bring deaf people in from margins of society

International Day of Sign Languages: South African sign language must be promoted

The Schools Act considers South African sign language as an official language for the purposes of learning in a public school

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Signing a path to freedom for the deaf

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…

A teacher at the Horizon Sign Language Training Centre in Nakuru, Martin Ndung’u took it upon himself to spread the word.

How coronavirus is affecting Kenya’s hearing impaired citizens

A deaf man in Kenya spread the message of Covid-19 when he realised a million hearing impaired people were left out of the conversation

Doctor Fundile Nyati may not be on the physical frontline of the battle to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, but every day the employee health and wellness specialist takes the fight online.

Meet Doctor Fundile Nyati: South Africa’s own online medical mythbuster

The employee health and wellness specialist is using social media to combat misinformation about Covid-19