September marks Heritage Month in South Africa, which gives citizens an opportunity to celebrate and embrace the nation’s diverse cultural backgrounds. This heritage month, IOL is highlighting and ...

For many children with communication disabilities, expressing their thoughts, needs and feelings can feel impossible, especially when the tools available are not coded in their language. But one South ...

"Children who need such systems often have some physical disabilities which make them incapable of using sign language,” says Tönsing, a speech therapist, audiologist, and professor at the University ...

To be a cultural activist means striving for authentic expression, humility and responsibility — and not just in words. Such cultural work demands proactive efforts to teach and reach audiences near ...

Just why leaders in South Africa insist on communicating with their followers in a foreign language beggars belief. Take Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe’s address at Ntwampe in Limpopo Province on ...

In the dim glow of a fireside in Ga-Kgapane, Limpopo, a small boy recites Khelobedu proverbs to his grandmother, his voice weaving tales of rain queens and resilient harvests. “Khelobedu akhe rowane ...

To mark the completion of phase one of the Ngiyaqonda pilot project, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) handed over tablet devices to the first pilot school. Ngiyaqonda is a ...