Out of the population of 60 million people living in South Africa, approximately 4 million of them are Deaf. Despite this, the Deaf community continues to be discriminated and marginalised. On a global scale, approximately 80% of the world’s 70 million Deaf people do not have any access to education and about one to two percent of the Deaf are educated in South African Sign Language (SASL). Despite the many challenges in the Deaf community, there is underreporting about their plight. Thus, our team of Deaf and hearing journalists, including a qualified South African Sign Language Interpreter (SASLI) report on issues pertaining to challenges in the Deaf community.
