A sign language champ

Per Liljas has yet another Time article about the infamous signing interpreter:

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 condition for which he claims to be taking medication.
“There was nothing I could do,” Thamsanqa Jantjie told a local newspaper, according to Reuters. “I was alone in a very dangerous situation. I tried to control myself and not show the world what was going on.” In an interview with The Associated Press, Jantjie said while he was on stage at FNB Stadium he saw visions of angels.
Recently, however, Jantjie also told Talk Radio 702 that he was happy with his performance. “Absolutely, absolutely. I think that I’ve been a champion of sign language.”
South African deputy cabinet minister Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu said  ”a mistake happened” in the hiring of Jantjie. Government officials are investigating how he was hired and given a security clearance, but the owners of the company that provided Jantjie ”have vanished into thin air".

Rico says this is, of course, the accused murderer, who, if he's smart, is vanishing himself right now...