It's the biggest mystery in a week of Nelson Mandela tributes: Why was a strange young man standing next to every global leader at the Mandela memorial, pretending to be a sign-language interpreter?

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2013 file photo, Thamsanqa Jantjie, the bogus sign language interpreter at last week's Nelson Mandela memorial service, speaks at his home in Bramfischerville, South Africa.

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 ...

A sign language interpreter employed at the Nelson Mandela memorial service on Tuesday has been accused of faking his way through the service, an accusation that shakes one's faith in humanity and ...

THE bogus sign language interpreter at the Mandela memorial service was among a group of people who burned two men to death, friends say. But Thamsanqa Jantjie never went to trial for the 2003 ...

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's government was confronted Friday with a new and chilling allegation about the bogus sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial: He was reportedly accused of ...

WASHINGTON—Where, if not the global farewell to Nelson Mandela, can one dream the impossible? Surely it was the audacity of hope — what other explanation can there be? — that possessed a South African ...

Johannesburg - The man accused of faking sign-language while standing alongside world leaders like US President Barack Obama at Nelson Mandela's memorial service said on Thursday he saw “angels” at ...

Reports questioning the validity of the sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service has sparked outrage in the deaf community. The sign language interpreter who stood next to the ...

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"That there was a fake interpreter, an imposter there on that world stage, it's a powerful message of disrespect for all of the people attending the event and that's what the [deaf] community is upset ...

The unidentified 'interpreter' stood next to speakers on the main stage at Tuesday's Nelson Mandela memorial. Members of the deaf community around the world were not fooled and quickly took to social ...