JOHANNESBURG - A South African sign-language interpreter accused of miming nonsense as world leaders paid tribute to Nelson Mandela defended himself as a "champion" signer on Thursday, but said he ...

The bogus sign language interpreter whose meaningless gestures during Nelson Mandela’s memorial service in December made international headlines is about to get his second 15 minutes of fame – as the ...

Africa’s media sign language interpreters have raised concerns over low payment, inadequate training, and the absence of interpretation services in important programs meant to cater to the deaf ...

NEARLY two years since South African Sign Language (SASL) became the country’s 12th official language, there has been little ...

As the world marked International Translation Day on Tuesday, the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) sounded the alarm on a critical shortage of court interpreters in South Africa, a gap that ...

The SABC will co-operate with the South African Human Rights Commission on the use of appropriate sign language on television news programmes, the public broadcaster said on Wednesday. "We have been ...