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Peet Jacobs.

Peet Jacobs is no stranger to the Deaf community in and around the UFS and Bloemfontein. He has been working at the University of the Free State (UFS) for the past six years, and he is still amazed at the amount of support our institution provides to Deaf students in particular, and to South African Sign Language (SASL) in general. “They provide excellent interpreting services,” Peet says, “not only in face-to-face classes, but also on different online platforms, as well as interpreting pre-recorded lectures and videos.” And as a SASL interpreter, Peet is an integral part of this service. 

But signing is not merely a day job for Peet. He carries his skill into the community in his spare time, where he assists as an interpreter at hospitals, doctors’ rooms, and psychiatrists’ offices – to name but a few. What gives Peet the deepest satisfaction, however, is when he can combine his love of Sign Language with his love of the Bible and his God. It was actually Peet’s devotion to his religion that inspired him to learn Sign Language in order to enable him to carry the Word of God into the Deaf community. Peet now also presents Bible courses in SASL and assists a non-profit organisation to produce SASL Bible-based publications, which are translated and recorded in video format. 

Peet aspires to become an authority on SASL subject-specific vocabulary related to subject in higher education. “Sign Language is a language in its own right,” Peet points out. “The uniqueness of Deaf culture and the variety of dialects within SASL give the language diversity and colour.” Peet goes on to emphasise how important it is that SASL is recognised as an official language in our country. “This recognition will give dignity to a group of people who have been marginalised in South Africa. This will also pave the way to providing more inclusivity and service to the Deaf community.”

Until then, Peet will continue to serve the best way he knows how: through signing.

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School of Management: Guest lecturers
2006-09-05

School of Management
Guest lecturers – MBA Programme
Second semester 2006

For more information contact Minette at jacobsm.ekw@mail.uovs.ac.za
or Keneilwe at mokgks.ekw@mail.uovs.ac.za

 

Name

Short Description

Date

Time


Ton Vosloo

Renosi Mokate

Zingile Dingani

Velaphi Ratshefola

Operations Director: ABI

19 July

10h00-12h00

Ruud Heijblom

Netherlands

21 July

9h00- 13h00

Millard Arnold

Executive Director: Murray&Roberts

24 July

10h00-12h00

Mias de Klerk

Executive Consultant: Sasol

26 July

10h00-12h00

Laurie Dippenaar

Firstrand

2 Aug

10h00-12h00

Ton Vosloo

Chairman: Naspers

21 Aug

10h00-12h00

Mike Schussler Economist of the Year
25 Aug
  

Malose Kekana

Umsombomvy Youth Fund

29 Aug

10h00-12h00

Bahle Goba

Nokusa Consulting

31 Aug

14h00-16h00

Renosi Mokate

Deputy Governor: SA Reserve Bank

18 Sept

10h00-12h00

Errol Kruger

Registrar of Banks

19 Sept

10h00-12h00

Michael Pfaff

CEO: RMB

20 Sept

10h00-12h00

Danie Marx

Consultant

21 Sept

10h00-12h00

Zingile Dingani

Secretary to Parliament

2 October

10h00-12h00

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