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In what was characterised as a national embarrassment, during the memorial service it became evident that the official sign language interpreter, Thamsanqa Jantjie, was a fake. [12] DeafSA, a South African association for the deaf, stated that Jantjie had made a "mockery of South African sign language" and that the "deaf community was in ...
sout1404. South African Sign Language ( SASL, Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Gebaretaal) is the primary sign language used by deaf people in South Africa. The South African government added a National Language Unit for South African Sign Language in 2001. [ 2] SASL is not the only manual language used in South Africa, [ 3][ 4] but it is the ...
Cyril Axelrod. Father Cyril Bernhard Axelrod, OBE, CSsR (born 24 February 1942) is a deafblind Catholic priest of the Redemptorist Order, known for his work with deaf and deafblind people. He has ministered to the deaf and deafblind around the world, including in South Africa, China and the United Kingdom. In 2014 he became the first deafblind ...
World Atlas, an online site that studies demographics, says only 41 countries recognise sign language as an official language, just four of them in Africa - Kenya, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
Braam Jordaan. 1981 (age 42–43)! Braam Jordaan (born 1981) is a South African entrepreneur, filmmaker, animator, and activist. He is an advocate for Sign Language and human rights of Deaf people, and a board member of the World Federation of the Deaf Youth Section. [1] [2] [3] In 2009, Jordaan collaborated with the Canadian Cultural Society ...
Wilma Newhoudt-Druchen is a South African politician who is the country's first Deaf female Member of Parliament. [1] She attended Gallaudet University and was elected the vice-president of the World Federation of the Deaf in 2011. [2] A member of the African National Congress, Newhoudt-Druchen has championed efforts to make South African Sign ...
Members. 800. Website. www .translators .org .za. The South African Translators' Institute ( SATI) is the largest association in South Africa representing professional, academic and amateur translators and other language practitioners. Membership is open to anyone. SATI was founded in 1956. [1] In 2012 there were around 800 members.
International Association of Conference Interpreters. International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies. The American Association of Language Specialists. Translators Without Borders. European Society for Translation Studies. Tremédica. World Association of Sign Language Interpreters.