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Itumeleng English/AP Thamsanqa Jantjie, a father of four, is accused of being a fake sign language interpreter after, experts say, his gestures during the Nelson Mandela memorial service were meaningless.  The “fake” sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service who blamed a poor performance on visions of angels said he trained for two years at a U.K. university. But ...

AP Actress and noted advocate for the hearing impaired Marlee Matlin slammed the fraudulent sign language interpretation done by Thamsanqa Jantjie during the Nelson Mandela memorial service earlier this week. Add Oscar Marlee Matlin to the list of deaf people “appalled” at the fraud committed by the sign language interpreter who worked at the Nelson Mandela memorial Tuesday. “I’ve been to ...

Matt Dunham/AP South Africa’s deaf federation said this interpreter (seen here with President Obama after his speech at the memorial service for former South African president Nelson Mandela) was a fake. He has reportedly been identified as Thami Jantjie. A fake sign language interpreter who flapped his hands throughout Nelson Mandela’s memorial service will be hearing from authorities soon. The ...

Finish what Nelson Mandela started. That was the message President Obama delivered Tuesday in an electrifying eulogy for Mandela that had the crowd in a South African soccer stadium on its feet and cheering wildly. PHOTOS: NELSON MANDELA MEMORIAL SERVICE “We, too, must act on behalf of justice,” Obama declared over thunderous applause. “We, too, must act on behalf of ...

ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images Despite President Obama ordering all flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of the late Nelson Mandela, South Carolina sheriff Rick Clark refused to comply. Clark said the honor should be reserved to U.S. citizens. The U.S. flag flew high outside a sheriff’s office in South Carolina on Monday in defiance of an order from President ...

Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP Czech Republic’s Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok has apologized for a comment that he was ‘dreading’ going to Nelson Mandela’s funeral in South Africa. Not every word leader, it seems, is anxious to attend Nelson Mandela‘s funeral. The Czech Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok has admitted he was “dreading” the long trip to South Africa and that he had ...

Kirwin, PacificCoastNews Idris Elba and Naomie Harris, who portray Nelson and Winnie Mandela in ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.’ The biopic has been transformed into a eulogy with the death of the South African leader. A Nelson Mandela biopic that took 10 years to make has turned into a tender eulogy with the passing of the revered South African leader. ...

Paris Hilton slammed the ‘fake tweet’ that confused Nelson Mandela with Martin Luther King Jr. Reality star and heiress Paris Hilton slammed a fake tweet that claimed she had confused late South African leader Nelson Mandela with civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. in the wake of Mandela’s death yesterday. “RIP Nelson Mandela. Your ‘I Have A Dream’ speech ...