NBC NEWS — Deaf people watching the Nelson Mandela memorial were bemused and shocked by a “fake” sign language interpreter on stage whose gestures were unintelligible, activists said Wednesday. The ...

The eyes of the world were fixed on South Africa as global citizens united to honour the legacy of Nelson Mandela on December ...

A man who appeared to provide sign language interpretation on stage for Nelson Mandela’s memorial service, attended by scores of heads of state, was a “fake,” the national director of the Deaf ...

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JOHANNESBURG -- The sign-language interpreter on stage at Nelson Mandela's globally broadcast memorial service was a faker who was waving his arms around meaninglessly, advocates for the deaf said ...

The sign-language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service, who sparked outrage when it was revealed his signing was fake, was also accused of murder in 2003, according to a new local news ...

Wow. Did this really happen? A fake sign-language interpreter was onstage during Tuesday’s memorial service for Nelson Mandela. In the video, the woman in the left-corner box is doing the “real” ...

NBC’s long-running sketch show Saturday Night Live put the “series of unfortunate events” at last week’s memorial service for former South African president Nelson Mandela in their comedic crosshairs.

JOHANNESBURG — A man who provided sign language interpretation on stage for Nelson Mandela’s memorial service, attended by scores of heads of state, was a “fake,” the national director of the Deaf ...