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2013-12-12 Africa Horn

Interpreter at Mandela event: " I see angels come to the stadium"

The man accused of faking sign interpretation while standing alongside world leaders like U.S. President Barack Obama at Nelson Mandela's memorial service said Thursday he saw "angels" at the event, has been violent in the past and suffers from schizophrenia.

Thamsanqa Jantjie said in a 45-minute interview with the AP that his hallucinations began while he was interpreting and that he tried not to panic because there were "armed policemen around me." He added that he was once hospitalized in a mental health facility for more than one year.

Jantjie, who stood gesticulating three-feet (1 meter) from Obama and others who spoke at Tuesday's ceremony that was broadcast around the world, insisted that he was doing proper sign-language interpretation of the speeches of world leaders.

Posted by Au Auric 2013-12-12 07:39|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 Well..... perhaps old Thamsanqa may not have been part of the security detail after all. I really didn't figure I could finish out the year without being wrong about something :-(

Posted by Besoeker 2013-12-12 10:56|| 2013-12-12 10:56|| Front Page Top

#2 My hypothesis:
This guy is related to an ANC official and was given a sinecure, at taxpayer expense, by this connected relative.

No one anticipated that he'd end up performing before a global audience.

Neither did anyone care that he was totally incompetent. Going through the motions was enough.

Now the regime's pathology has been put on display for the whole world.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2013-12-12 19:00|| 2013-12-12 19:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, heck, when The Champ talks about Obamacare he sees magical unicorns, not to mention the magical money tree.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-12-12 20:12|| 2013-12-12 20:12|| Front Page Top

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