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sonlymewalter Dec 11th 2013 4:54 pm

Nelson Mandella memorial translator a fake
 
You couldn't make it up.....

Oh dear it seems the translator at the Mandela memorial was faking it
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...rial-FAKE.html

He must have gone to the same translator school as this guy :hysterical:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5bg1No_RSE

paulry Dec 11th 2013 8:22 pm

Re: Nelson Mandella memorial translator a fake
 

Originally Posted by sonlymewalter (Post 11031512)
You couldn't make it up.....

Oh dear it seems the translator at the Mandela memorial was faking it
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...rial-FAKE.html

He must have gone to the same translator school as this guy :hysterical:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5bg1No_RSE

:hysterical:

Reminds me of the IT crowd.

sonlymewalter Dec 11th 2013 10:39 pm

Re: Nelson Mandella memorial translator a fake
 

Originally Posted by paulry (Post 11031843)
:hysterical:

Reminds me of the IT crowd.

Not seen the IT crowd although my bro who's in IT said its great.

I peed my pans when I saw that sketch on translation :hysterical:

GarryP Dec 11th 2013 11:00 pm

Re: Nelson Mandella memorial translator a fake
 
As others have said, you have to admire his balls.

He's stood up there, waving his arms around, with TV cameras from around his country and around the world capturing it. It's 100% guaranteed he's going to be found out, the SA government is NOT going to be happy, and he's going to be known for the rest of his life as "the faker at the Mandela funeral" - yet he still went ahead.

Hope he's run far and fast - because the ANC isn't exactly going to go easy on him when they catch him.

sonlymewalter Dec 11th 2013 11:05 pm

Re: Nelson Mandella memorial translator a fake
 

Originally Posted by GarryP (Post 11032061)
As others have said, you have to admire his balls.

He's stood up there, waving his arms around, with TV cameras from around his country and around the world capturing it. It's 100% guaranteed he's going to be found out, the SA government is NOT going to be happy, and he's going to be known for the rest of his life as "the faker at the Mandela funeral" - yet he still went ahead.

Hope he's run far and fast - because the ANC isn't exactly going to go easy on him when they catch him.

:lol:

That guy was stood on the podium with Obama - he had a prime position on prime time TV that was shown all over the world. It would have cost him millions for that fame if he'd had to pay for it:rofl:

Every time I see the footage I pee my pants - that was a classic :hysterical:

Amazulu Dec 12th 2013 12:13 am

Re: Nelson Mandella memorial translator a fake
 

Originally Posted by sonlymewalter (Post 11031512)
You couldn't make it up.....

Oh dear it seems the translator at the Mandela memorial was faking it
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...rial-FAKE.html

He must have gone to the same translator school as this guy :hysterical:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5bg1No_RSE

FAF

Only in Africa!

sonlymewalter Dec 12th 2013 12:17 am

Re: Nelson Mandella memorial translator a fake
 

Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 11032145)
FAF

Only in Africa!

Is this normal then mate?

I'd have thought such a high profile memorial they would have checked out this guys credentials first:lol:

Amazulu Dec 12th 2013 12:18 am

Re: Nelson Mandella memorial translator a fake
 
Looks like the guy has previous form and the ANC knew this:
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Ne...-Sati-20131211

Seeing Zuma get booed was fun too

sonlymewalter Dec 12th 2013 12:23 am

Re: Nelson Mandella memorial translator a fake
 

Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 11032151)
Looks like the guy has previous form and the ANC knew this:
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Ne...-Sati-20131211

Seeing Zuma get booed was fun too

He will have probably known someone who got him the job and given them a backhander payment.

Haven't seen the footage re getting booed off - too busy replaying the interpreter.

Classic...:rofl:

Amazulu Dec 12th 2013 12:33 am

Re: Nelson Mandella memorial translator a fake
 

Originally Posted by sonlymewalter (Post 11032160)
He will have probably known someone who got him the job and given them a backhander payment.

Haven't seen the footage re getting booed off - too busy replaying the interpreter.

Classic...:rofl:



Mandela wasn't a very good president, but those who followed him, Mbeki and now this muppet, are far worse

sonlymewalter Dec 12th 2013 12:37 am

Re: Nelson Mandella memorial translator a fake
 

Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 11032170)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_alLwtEjY80

Mandela wasn't a very good president, but those who followed him, Mbeki and now this muppet, are far worse

Sad - since the end of apartheid it seems little has changed?

Amazulu Dec 12th 2013 12:44 am

Re: Nelson Mandella memorial translator a fake
 

Originally Posted by sonlymewalter (Post 11032179)
Sad - since the end of apartheid it seems little has changed?

Some thing have changed but poverty and lack of opportunity have increased

The ANC has proven itself incapable of governing effectively - because they were a militant opposition does not make them capable of governing

The ANC prefers the trappings that corruption brings - f**k the people

There are plenty of Black people who could run SA properly - they're just not in the purple circle

sonlymewalter Dec 12th 2013 1:23 am

Re: Nelson Mandella memorial translator a fake
 

Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 11032188)
Some thing have changed but poverty and lack of opportunity have increased

The ANC has proven itself incapable of governing effectively - because they were a militant opposition does not make them capable of governing

The ANC prefers the trappings that corruption brings - f**k the people

There are plenty of Black people who could run SA properly - they're just not in the purple circle

That's such a sad state of affairs, especially given the changes and the lives lost on all sides for those changes to occur.

I watched a doco a few years ago about a tobacco plantation. The white farmers were killed and the farm taken over by new landowners however because they weren't educated the farm fell into gradual disrepair and the black workers lost their jobs and livelihoods. The sad part was the workers said they were well treated by their boss and wished he was still there. Although we know that wasn't the case with all white land owners in this case it was. I had hoped things would get better and over time improvements would occur with better education etc however like you say, often corruption is rife and the same shite happens with just a different shift in power is all.

Sad, very sad.

Amazulu Dec 12th 2013 1:31 am

Re: Nelson Mandella memorial translator a fake
 

Originally Posted by sonlymewalter (Post 11032231)
That's such a sad state of affairs, especially given the changes and the lives lost on all sides for those changes to occur.

I watched a doco a few years ago about a tobacco plantation. The white farmers were killed and the farm taken over by new landowners however because they weren't educated the farm fell into gradual disrepair and the black workers lost their jobs and livelihoods. The sad part was the workers said they were well treated by their boss and wished he was still there. Although we know that wasn't the case with all white land owners in this case it was. I had hoped things would get better and over time improvements would occur with better education etc however like you say, often corruption is rife and the same shite happens with just a different shift in power is all.

Sad, very sad.

I think that's Zimbabwe that you are referring to but yes, many farmers provided much to their employees - and now its all gone

Zimbabwe has gone from being a food bowl to a basket-case reliant no food aid

I see Bob Mugabe was at the memorial service - he's a big buddy of the ANC

sonlymewalter Dec 12th 2013 1:37 am

Re: Nelson Mandella memorial translator a fake
 

Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 11032246)
I think that's Zimbabwe that you are referring to but yes, many farmers provided much to their employees - and now its all gone

Zimbabwe has gone from being a food bowl to a basket-case reliant no food aid

I see Bob Mugabe was at the memorial service - he's a big buddy of the ANC

Sorry yes you are right, my bad - it was Zimbabwe. Yep Mugabe is another lunatic dictator syphoning off all the money for himself and his loony mates.

I don't know much about these countries other than they all look like they are one big cesspit of a mess and it's the every day people who are the ones who are still suffering.

Will it get worse in SA now Mandela has gone do you reckon?


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