Ryanair Afrikaans test: Airline drops controversial South African quiz

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The test to identify passengers travelling on fake South African passports was dropped by the budget airline.

The test doesn't make sense.

Many black people in South Africa associate Afrikaans with the days of white rule.

In South Africa, there are 11 official languages.

There are flights across Europe.

Who is the current president of South Africa, what is the international dialling code, and what is the capital city were some of the questions contained in the quiz.

The person who failed was refused travel and given a full refund. The test received a fine for every passenger who traveled on a fake passport, according to the airline.

The extra test was carried out because of the increased cases of fraudulent South African passports being used to enter the UK.

The quiz was not well received.

The airline has changed its policy, more than a week after the controversy began.

He told journalists that they had issued a test in the language of the test.

They don't have a problem finishing that. We didn't think it was right. We decided to end the test because it doesn't make sense.

When asked to take the test before he flew to the UK from the Canary Islands, the South African citizen was angry.

Mr Joseph said that it was a Trigger for him.

He said that he had experienced a lot of racism.

At least 170 people were killed in the 1976 uprising against the apartheid regime because of the introduction of Afrikaans in schools.

There are 11 official languages in South Africa.

• During apartheid, or white-minority rule, Afrikaans was made mandatory and an official language of education, alongside English, prompting nationwide protests by black South Africans
• It is no longer obligatory but is an option in schools
• It is the mother tongue of only 13% of South Africans, mainly mixed-race people, known as coloureds, and white South Africans - the descendants of Dutch, German and French settlers who arrived in the 17th Century
• More will be able to understand it but many cannot, and speak one of the 11 other official languages
• English is the language most commonly used officially and in business, according to South Africa's 2011 census.