SARS helps the hearing impaired this Deaf Awareness Month
The initiative involves conducting a once-off tax education workshop and availing a South African Sign Language (SASL) interpreting service on each Friday of the month at the designated SARS branches throughout the country.
WITH September marking Deaf Awareness Month, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) is set to assist people with hearing impairments at several of its branches around the country.
The initiative involves conducting a once-off tax education workshop and availing a South African Sign Language (SASL) interpreting service on each Friday of the month at the designated SARS branches throughout the country.
The revenue service said the intervention is meant to break the barriers faced by Sign Language users that are challenged by lack of access to basic services across the country.
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“The objective is also aligned with SARS’ objective this tax season of migrating taxpayers, including persons with hearing and visual impairments, to the digital platforms,” said the revenue service.
The revenue service appealed to the public to spread the word to all people with hearing impairments in their communities.
In KwaZulu-Natal, the service will be available at the Blind & Deaf Society in Meer Street, Durban, and also at the Richards Bay branch, while the Nelspruit and Standerton branches in Mpumalanga will host the workshops.
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