South African Sign Language is an official language, but what does that recognition mean when a Deaf person still struggles to communicate at a bank, hospital or police station? Gareth Edwards speaks to award-winning SASL interpreter Andiswa Gebashe about what has changed, where progress is visible and why basic access remains uneven.
From mental-health care and confidential therapy to television interpreter boxes that can be too small to read properly, Andiswa shows how exclusion can survive even when accessibility technically exists. She also reflects on growing up with a deaf father, the importance of Deaf identity and why real inclusion requires more than simply ticking a box.
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