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UCT breaks ground with SASL website access

11 September 2025 | Video Production Team Boikhutso Ntsoko, Ruairi Abrahams and Nomfundo Xolo. Photo Lerato Maduna.

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has launched a pilot project that makes its National Benchmark Test (NBT) website accessible in South African Sign Language (SASL). This milestone, the first of its kind in South African higher education, was spearheaded by UCT’s only full-time SASL interpreter, Michelle de Bruyn, in collaboration with the Centre for Educational Assessments and One Button Studio.

The project includes SASL-interpreted videos of key admissions information, now available on the NBT YouTube channel and embedded on the website. It has already enabled the first Deaf prospective student to complete the NBT with a Sign Language interpreter.

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