South Africa’s recognition of sign language signals new hope for the deaf
Johannesburg, South Africa Reuters Bongumusa Manana, a 19-year-old deaf student who studies in a township in Johannesburg, sees South Africa’s move to recognise sign as an official language as a huge breakthrough that will help him to get to university and make his “dreams come true”. President Cyril Ramaphosa signed legislation into law last month […]
Forty-nine languages received Scripture translations in 2017 thanks to work of Bible Societies, says report
Bible Societies around the world assisted in the completion of Scripture translations in 49 languages spoken by more than 580 million people last year, according to data from United Bible Societies. The organisation’s Global Scripture Access Report for 2017 also shows that seven communities – based in Mozambique, Myanmar, South Sudan, Taiwan, Turkmenistan and Vietnam – […]