Fake South African sign interpreter admitted to a psychiatric hospital


The sign translator at Nelson Mandela's Memorial Service, who was
accused of being fake, and making up his own signs, has been
admitted to a psychiatric hospital, local media report.
Thamsanqa Jantjie's wife reportedly took him to a psychiatric
hospital near Johannesburg for a check-up on Tuesday December
18th, and the doctors suggested that he be admitted immediately,
Johannesburg's The Star newspaper reports.
"The past few days have been hard. We have been supportive
because he might have had a breakdown," Mrs Jantjie is quoted
as saying.
Meanwhile the company which employed him to interpret at the
memorial have reportedly 'vanished'