If South African Sign Language is recognised as one of the country’s official languages, it will considerably ease many of the deaf community’s problems of access, education and equality.
People have been campaigning for more than a decade to get sign language officially recognised South Africa could soon give sign language official status, one of a few countries in Africa to do so.
The short answer to these questions is "not yet". Read more: Sign language is now official in South Africa - how this will help education in Deaf schools The government is trying to change this.