 The Presidency    No. 3730 27 July 2023  It is hereby notified that the President has assented to the following Act, which is hereby published for general information   Act No. 03 of 2023  Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Act, 2023   Act No. 03 of 2023 Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Act, 2023 GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE  [ ] Words in bold type in square brackets indicate omissions from existing enactments. Words underlined with a solid line indicate insertions in existing enactments.   (English text signed by the President) (Assented to 19 July 2023)  ACT To amend the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, so as to recognise South African Sign Language as one of the official languages of the Republic; and to provide for matters incidental thereto. BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows   Amendment of section 6 of Constitution 1. Section 6 of the Constitution is hereby amended  (a) by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection   (1) The official languages of the Republic are Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Afrikaans, South African Sign Language, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa and isiZulu. ; and (b) by the substitution for paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of the following paragraph   (a) promote, and create conditions for, the development and use of  (i) all official languages; and (ii) the Khoi, Nama and San languages; and [(iii) sign language; and] . Short title and commencement 2. This Act is called the Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Act, 2023, and comes into operation on a date fixed by the President by proclamation in the Gazette. 

Act No. 03 of 2023: Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Act, 2023