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15 Feb ’12
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holy crap, it's like a SNL skit, who does the background checks for these people
The sign language interpreter used at Nelson Mandela's football stadium memorial was a fake, it was claimed this morning.
Braam Jordaan, a deaf South African and board member of the World Deaf Federation, said he believes the interpreter was making up signs as he went along.
"The structure of his hand, facial expressions and the body movements did not follow what the speaker was saying", Mr Jordaan said.
Mr Jordaan claimed the man, who signed for a portion of the ceremony including Barack Obama's speech, was simply making up his own signs.
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The sign language interpreter accused of using fake hand signals at Nelson Mandela's memorial has said he suffered a schizophrenic episode.
Thamsanqa Dyantyi, 34, told the BBC's Ros Atkins that he saw angels coming into the stadium.
Deaf viewers at the memorial service said he was "signing rubbish", and complained he was a fraud.
Mr Dyantyi said he was aware that he might not have been signing exactly what people were saying.
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