Excited to share: After a rewarding tenure as CEO of PanSALB, championing SA's linguistic heritage, I'm stepping into the role of CEO at Resolution Circle under @UJNews from 1 Nov 2025. Ready to bridge academia & industry, empower engineers for 4IR & sustainability. #UJ

HAPPENING NOW | PanSALB has partnered with @Google South Africa to launch the development of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Glossary in isiZulu, Afrikaans and isiXhosa. The dataset is authenticated and verified by PanSALB. This guarantees that linguistic knowledge and expertise informs the AI translation tool.

WATCH | International Day of Sign Languages (IDSL) special message from Deputy Minister @msletsike. The Deputy Minister of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture @DM_PeaceMabe also graced us with her presence.

✨️Happening today: International Day of Sign Language .✨️ In 📹: Briefing of Deputy Ministers by @PanSALB before the start of a program to commemorate Sign Language Day.

[ON AIR] The Pan South African Language Board is commemorating International Day of Sign Languages under the theme, No Human Rights without Sign Language Rights. The day follows a month-long Deaf Awareness campaign to raise awareness on South African Sign Language as a language with its own distinct grammatical structure and lexicon. To discuss this further, @Lulu_Gaboo is joined on the line by Lance Schultz, CEO @PanSALB #AfricaUpdate #signlanguage #deafcommunity #deafculture #deafawareness

The University of Cape Town’s School of Languages & Literatures hosted a prestigious celebration that recognises students and language activists who promote the use and preservation of our languages. In attendance were Chairperson of the Board, Prof. Lolie Makhubu-Badenhorst, CEO Mr Lance Schultz and isiXhosa Chief Language Practitioner, Mr Lwandile Maswana.

[In PICTURES] PanSALB CEO, Mr Lance Schultz participated in @UCT_news 2025 Language Indaba, where he emphasised on the importance of multilingual language policies in institutions of higher learning.

PanSALB Chief Executive Officer, Mr Lance Schultz delivered the keynote address at the inaugural Linguistic Society of South Africa (LSSA) conference gala dinner. The work of PanSALB and the LSSA, are instrumental in advancing linguistic research, education, and advocacy.

🎉 Just had an incredible experience attending National Dialogue! 🎉 - via #Whova event app

[IN PICTURES] #NationalDialogueZA

Today I had the honour of being invited to address the Indigenous Language and Media Seminar hosted by @SAEditorsForum @PanSALB and the University of Limpopo Thanking them for having me I said.., I am profusely grateful for the honour you extended to me to address this important seminar today. More so from the hallowed corridors that the great revolutionary, Onkgopotse Tiro, after whom is this chamber is named, once walked. As I stand here today, the irony is not lost to me that you asked me to speak on, amongst others, indigenous identities and languages, from -metaphorically- the same platform Tiro would have used to deliver his scathing rebuke of the apartheid regime and objecting to, amongst others, one group of persons enforcing the use of its indigenous language, Afrikaans, as a medium of instruction on others.Almost 40 years now, that debate still rages on in our society as evidenced by the recent discourse around the implementation of the #BELAAct. As correct as Cde Tiro’s view was and still remains to date, another great African thinker, Ngugi wa Thiongo reminds us that “All languages, large and small, have a lot to contribute to our common humanity if freed from linguistic feudalism. Education (and dare I say media) policies should be devised on the basis that all languages are treasuries of history, beauty and possibility. They have something to give to one another if their relationship is that of give-and-take of a network. Even if one of the languages emerges as the language of communication across many languages, it should not be so on the basis of its assumed inherent nationality or globality, but on the basis of need and necessity. And even then, it should not grow on the graveyard of other languages.” So it is a deep honour for me, woman from those villages you speak of, to join you today in a space where media, language, and identity intersect — where the past speaks to the present, and the future waits to be shaped. Seated with you the guardians of our words, the defenders of our languages, and the shapers of our public consciousness….

HAPPENING NOW | @KhuselaS clarifies the intention of the BELA Act during the Indigenous Languages and Media Seminar taking place at @ULvarsity

Yesterday, our Senior Management and communicators participated in a valuable training session hosted by GCIS in Hatfield. It focused on strengthening PanSALB's brand positioning and media engagement, equipping us with tools to communicate strategically and transparently.

19 July 2025 marks 2 years since South African Sign Language (#SASL) was officially recognised as an official language of South Africa. This historic recognition is a powerful step toward inclusivity, equality, and linguistic rights for the Deaf community in our country.

Go for it, we are fully behind you 🇿🇦 🇿🇦

MEDIA INTERVIEW | Our CEO, Mr Lance Schultz will discuss the recent call by Chief Justice Maya for multilingual court proceedings on @Newzroom405 today at 15:30.

Today we had a meaningful engagement with the Khoisan stakeholders from across the Eastern Cape, where we were focusing on the development of Khoe and San languages as well as the requirements for officialising a language.

Happy father’s day to the everyday heroes and dependable fathers who willingy give of themselves to better their families. We see you and appreciate you so much. 🔥🖤 #FathersDay