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<\/a>If it were the 1st of April one may have thought that it was an April Fool\u2019s joke when it was reported that Ryanair is only allowing South Africans holding a South African passport to fly on their airline if the passengers achieve a 100% correct pass rate on 15 questions set in Afrikaans, and to be answered in Afrikaans!<\/p>\nRyanair has confirmed that the test is not a hoax, the airline experiencing a high percentage of fake South African passports used by its passengers. The test is only available in Afrikaans, even if one is not an Afrikaans-speaking citizen of our country! Afrikaans is third in number of persons speaking the language, following Zulu and Xhosa in first and second places. South Africa has 12 English-speaking citizens of South Africa who do not achieve 100% in the test, are refused boarding on Ryanair flights, blatant \u2018racial discrimination\u2019 reports CNN<\/b>.<\/p>\n Ironically words in two of the first ten questions are incorrectly spelt.<\/p>\n The South African Department of Home Affairs says in response to the \u2018backward\u2019 Ryanair debacle that it can validate South Africa \u00a0travel documents.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chris von Ulmenstein, WhaleTales Blog: www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog Tel +27 082 55 11 323 Twitter:@Ulmenstein Facebook: Chris von Ulmenstein, My Cape Town Guide\/Mein Kapstadt Guide\u00a0Instagram: @Chrissy_Ulmenstein @MyCapeTownGuide<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>official languages, sign language recently having been added.<\/p>\n