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SIGN LANGUAGE: CONSTITUTION 18th AMENDMENT ACT IN FORCE
- 26 June 2026
- New Legislation
- SA Legal Academy
According to a recently gazetted presidential proclamation, the 2023 Constitution 18th Amendment Act is now in force – adding South African sign language to the Constitution section 6 list of official languages.
The Act also removes the explicit reference to South African sign language from Constitution sub-section 6(5)(a) – which now requires the Pan South African Language Board to ‘promote, and create conditions for, the development and use of all official languages … (as well as) the Khoi, Nama and San languages’.
- proclamation
- Constitution 18th Amendment Act
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