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Script application-Tiisetso Nkome “Rose Petals Are Fragile” “Rose! I am tired of you treating me the way you do, you have insecurities that you need to work on that you keep blaming me for and I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!! You come from a dysfunctional home” yelled Rose’s boyfriend Kevin in a heated argument. A song starts playing (in the background) Gramercy Park by Alicia Keys “I’ve been trying to be everything that you want me to be, I’ve been doing all the things that you want to see, I’ve been trying to fulfill your every need and now you’re falling for a person that’s not even me, cause I forgot about the person that I used to be.” She’s a young girl born into this world not knowing her purpose in this world is, what her future has in store for her but big dreams ahead of her and hope clinched in a tiny fist. In an ideal world this little girl could possibly grow up to become a doctor, lawyer or even a world renowned singer ‘the world is your oyster you can become anythin

Inclusivity for the deaf community. On 01 February 2021 President Ramaphosa also known as ‘Cupcake’ ‘The Nations Bae’ had a family meeting with his fellow South Africans to announce changes to alert level 3 and the more eased restrictions on the curfew, alcohol and gatherings. Many South Africans were beyond ecstatic at the news of extended curfew hours and the sale of onsite and offsite alcohol being permitted along with gatherings as per lockdown regulations, with a few chaotic videos doing the rounds on social media with celebrations that were similar to New Year’s eve with fireworks being displayed and people chanting ‘Ku vuliwe’ which means it has be open opened in Zulu, one of South Africa’s 11 official languages. It was unfortunately not a shared experience for all South Africans as the deaf community was excluded from the family meeting when President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation. Andiswa Gebashe and Nicoline Du Toit Cyril Ramaphosa’s sign language interpreters for