Call for recognition of sign language
The National Institute for the Deaf, making a submission during public hearings on the South African Language Bill, called for sign language to be recognised as one of the country's official languages.
'Mini-skirt' harassment condemned
The government has condemned the incident in which a group of men harassed two teenagers near Johannesburg's Noord Street Taxi Rank, apparently because one of them was wearing a mini-skirt.
Call for more access to female condoms
More access to female condoms, protection of commercial sex workers, and provision of HIV information for rural women were some of the requests given to Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe as South Africa marked World Aids Day.
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