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The Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa (formally the Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Act of 2023) made South African Sign Language an official language of South Africa.

The bill for the amendment was introduced in the National Assembly on 11 January 2023 by Ronald Lamola, the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development. It was adopted unanimously by the assembly on 2 May, and signed by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 19 July of the same year.

References

1. ^ Thebus, Shakirah (20 July 2023). "SA Sign Language signed into law as the country's 12th official language". Cape Argus. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
2. "Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
3. Dentlinger, Lindsay (2 May 2023). "Parly passes bill to make sign language SA's twelfth official language". EWN. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

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