Language Service

The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS) is committed to ensuring equal treatment for Afrikaans, English and Xhosa in the Western Cape, as well as promoting previously marginalised languages and South African Sign Language. The DCAS Language Unit undertakes to carry out the provisions of the Western Cape Language Policy by ensuring that the residents of the Western Cape have access to services in the official language of their choice. The Unit promotes previously marginalised languages and South African Sign Language through awareness programmes and activities to promote their development.