Ryanair Afrikaans test: Airline drops controversial South African quiz

Ryanair has dropped a controversial test in the Afrikaans language aimed at identifying passengers travelling on fake South African passports. The policy caused outrage in South Africa, where many black people associate Afrikaans with the days of white-minority rule. South Africa has 11 official languages and Ryanair never explained why it chose Afrikaans. In a statement sent to the BBC last week, Ryanair said it had to carry out the extra test because of "Substantially increased cases of fraudulent South African passports being used to enter the UK".But the imposition of the quiz was widely condemned. Last week, South African citizen Dinesh Joseph told the BBC how he was "Seething" with anger when asked to take the test before flying to the UK from the Canary Islands.

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