The greatest mix-up ever? Man looking for job ends up on live TV
Updated | By Thandolwethu
It has been dubbed as the greatest case of mistaken identity of all time.

From being in the wrong interview room to potential bosses dying, listen as KZN dishes the dirt on their job-finding horror stories.
The unemployment rate in South Africa rose to 27.6% in the first quarter of 2019 from 27.1% in the previous period. It is the highest jobless rate since quarter three of 2017, as the number of unemployed went up by 62,000 to 6.2-million.
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Many South Africans often find it difficult to look for jobs because of the crazy things that happen while looking for employment.
In one of the funnier moments of job-hunting gone wrong, it’s been a decade since Guy Goma became a celebrity after he was mistaken for an internet expert and interviewed live on BBC News.
The unemployed computer technician had been at the BBC for a job interview. The graduate from the Congo gained worldwide attention after an unlikely mix-up saw him being interviewed on air instead of Guy Kewney.
Yikes! Watch below:
What are some of the crazy things that have happened while you were looking for work?
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