There's a dire shortage of sign language interpreters in the province. ECRNewsWatch KZN
MEC Nonhlanhla Khoza's calling for sign language to be added to the syllabus in schools and universities.
MPs earlier this month gave the thumbs up in the National Assembly for sign language to be recognised as the country's 12th official language.Speaking at a celebration for the deaf community in Chatsworth at the weekend, Khoza applauded the move, saying it will create more opportunities for the deaf.
"With it taken as an official language, we do have hope that this will open doors for them to be able to get into employment. So we believe that even out even our police stations need sign language. We need to ensure that we take it as our responsibility that we do a follow-up."
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