👏🇿🇦 Good news! Parliament has passed a bill that officially recognises sign language as one of the country's official languages. Read more here 👇 on this significant step towards inclusion. signlanguage
“This is sadly an example of Parliament dragging its feet to the detriment of approximately four million deaf and hearing impaired South Africans,” she said.Economic Freedom Fighters MP Yoliswa Yako also welcomed the bill.
“The amendment of the Constitution to recognise sign language as one of the official languages should not even have been a matter of debate. This house must affirm that it has powers to include those excluded by lack of foresight of those who drafted the Constitution.
“For too long, special needs, differently abled or disabled South Africans have been relegated to navigate a state that is unprepared and underdeveloped for them,” he said.Herron urged all spheres of governments to do more for those who are excluded because of their disability.
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