The greatest mix-up ever? Man looking for job ends up on live TV

The greatest mix-up ever? Man looking for job ends up on live TV

It has been dubbed as the greatest case of mistaken identity of all time. 

Guy Goma / YouTube
Guy Goma / YouTube

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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