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Breaking barriers: KFM 94.5’s unforgettable live show for Deaf Awareness Month!

Radio & Audio

Breaking barriers: KFM 94.5’s unforgettable live show for Deaf Awareness Month!

Issued by Primedia Broadcasting 4 Oct 2024

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

SA called to learn Sign Language

5 Sep 2024

Ndlovu Youth Choir announce SA Tour dates

Music

Ndlovu Youth Choir announce SA Tour dates

6 Jun 2024

Cape Town named one of World's Best Cities for Coffee in 2024

FMCG

Cape Town named one of World's Best Cities for Coffee in 2024

6 May 2024

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

International month for deaf people

Nomonde Mnukwa 11 Sep 2023

Here's why you should learn sign language

Skills Training

Here's why you should learn sign language

Issued by Wits Plus 30 Aug 2023

UCT to develop sign language as one of the languages for its currently reviewed language policy

Higher Education

UCT to develop sign language as one of the languages for its currently reviewed language policy

14 Aug 2023

The ad launched on Monday.

Advertising

#BehindtheCampaign: MTN backs the Bokke in musical campaign

2 Aug 2023

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Sign language named 12th official language

3 May 2023

Adidas' Beyond the surface campaign.

Advertising

Warc Media 100 rankings announced

14 Mar 2023

LISTEN: Celebrate Deaf Awareness Month with Wits Plus

BizTakeouts

LISTEN: Celebrate Deaf Awareness Month with Wits Plus

Issued by Wits Plus 20 Sep 2022

LISTEN: Celebrate Deaf Awareness Month with Wits Plus

BizTakeouts

LISTEN: Celebrate Deaf Awareness Month with Wits Plus

20 Sep 2022

LISTEN: Celebrate Deaf Awareness Month with Wits Plus

BizTakeouts

LISTEN: Celebrate Deaf Awareness Month with Wits Plus

20 Sep 2022

Deaf awareness in South Africa

Higher Education

Deaf awareness in South Africa

Issued by Wits Plus 19 Sep 2022

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Education

SA launches bilingual dictionary for deaf community

5 Sep 2022

Empowering and educating the deaf community for employment

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Empowering and educating the deaf community for employment

Issued by Clockwork 29 Nov 2021

SkillsTown SA, eDEAF partnership makes professional learning available to all

Skills Training

SkillsTown SA, eDEAF partnership makes professional learning available to all

10 Feb 2021

PanSALB to launch Sign language Charter

Human Rights Law

PanSALB to launch Sign language Charter

4 Sep 2020

Universities join forces to strengthen teaching practicals during Covid-19 and beyond

Higher Education

Universities join forces to strengthen teaching practicals during Covid-19 and beyond

1 Sep 2020

Vodacom launches Gender-Based Violence Fund

ICT

Vodacom launches Gender-Based Violence Fund

26 Aug 2020

Vodacom steps up to fight against GBV

ICT

Vodacom steps up to fight against GBV

3 Jul 2020

#DI2020: Why technology is nothing unless it touches someone's life

Design Indaba

#DI2020: Why technology is nothing unless it touches someone's life

Angie White 28 Feb 2020

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Branding

VR/AR/gamification - Placing your customer inside your brand story with experiential marketing

Keletso Nkabiti 2 Oct 2019

TBWA and Fort create a piece for MTN for Deaf Awareness Month

ESG

TBWA and Fort create a piece for MTN for Deaf Awareness Month

30 Sep 2019

TBWA enlists Lazarusman for MTN’s Deaf Awareness Month with Fort

Film & Cinematography

TBWA enlists Lazarusman for MTN’s Deaf Awareness Month with Fort

30 Sep 2019

I Love Coffee empowers the hearing-impaired

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

I Love Coffee empowers the hearing-impaired

23 Sep 2019

Hearing-impaired chef 'whips' the odds

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Hearing-impaired chef 'whips' the odds

20 Sep 2019

Park Inn by Radisson #Signtember pushes the hard-of-hearing agenda

Hospitality

Park Inn by Radisson #Signtember pushes the hard-of-hearing agenda

22 Aug 2018

Learning South African Sign Language will make you a better communicator

Education

Learning South African Sign Language will make you a better communicator

Issued by Wits Language School 25 Jul 2018

Growth in store for SA's first deaf-run coffee shop

Food & bev. services

Growth in store for SA's first deaf-run coffee shop

19 Jul 2018

Banele Mhlongo and Vuma Mthembu. Photo: Robyn Walker

Medtech

Students develop diagnosis app for deaf people

15 Jun 2018

Lavazza, Spar Bean Tree collaboration empowers deaf baristas

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Lavazza, Spar Bean Tree collaboration empowers deaf baristas

7 Sep 2017

#TEDxCT: Are you listening?

Events & Conferencing

#TEDxCT: Are you listening?

Beverley Klein 19 Oct 2016

#WomensMonth: The woman behind the mentor

Skills Development & Training

#WomensMonth: The woman behind the mentor

Shan Radcliffe 29 Aug 2016

Hundreds of jobs for the deaf thanks to joint venture

ESG

Hundreds of jobs for the deaf thanks to joint venture

2 Oct 2015

Improved Lobola Calculator app launches

Mobile

Improved Lobola Calculator app launches

12 Mar 2015

Sign language approved as first language

Primary & Secondary Education

Sign language approved as first language

20 Aug 2014

New mobile apps being developed for the deaf

Medtech

New mobile apps being developed for the deaf

18 Feb 2014

Sekunjalo no sacred cow: Survé

Media Freedom

Sekunjalo no sacred cow: Survé

Rod Baker 13 Dec 2013

Nominees announced for the 14th Annual Business Day BASA Awards, supported by Anglo American

Sponsorship

Nominees announced for the 14th Annual Business Day BASA Awards, supported by Anglo American

Issued by Business and Arts South Africa 27 Jul 2011

DeafSA, SABC partner to address deaf needs

TV

DeafSA, SABC partner to address deaf needs

9 May 2011

A ground breaking production of Pictures of You

Theatre

A ground breaking production of Pictures of You

Riccardo Spagni 12 Feb 2010

Advertising

HIV campaign for deaf on TV

3 Nov 2009

First class graduates retailer's deaf training programme

Training

First class graduates retailer's deaf training programme

20 May 2009

Sign language translator wins students a place in global technology competition

CSI

Sign language translator wins students a place in global technology competition

12 Dec 2008

TV

Subtitles field trial for MultiChoice

3 Jul 2007

PR & Communications

Magna Carta scoops international PR award

20 Jul 2005