Deaf South Africans have lashed out at what they claim was a fake interpreter who was allegedly making up signs during President Barack Obama’s eulogy at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service in ...

The bogus sign language interpreter whose meaningless gestures during Nelson Mandela’s memorial service in December made international headlines is about to get his second 15 minutes of fame – as the ...

JOHANNESBURG – As one world leader after another paid homage to Nelson Mandela at a memorial service, the man standing at arm’s length from them appeared to interpret their words in sign language. But ...

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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 ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Bongumusa Manana, a 19-year-old deaf student who studies in a township in Johannesburg, sees South Africa's move to recognise sign as an official language as a huge ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deaf students at the Khulani Special School learning sign language. Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images What was the process ...

The sign language interpreter who outraged deaf people around the world with his nonsensical miming during the Nelson Mandela memorial service has blamed his actions on a bout of schizophrenia, a ...

Some members of the deaf community took to Twitter to express outrage An interpreter who was seen by millions of television viewers worldwide translating Nelson Mandela's memorial service into sign ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - 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 ...