Ryanair’s attempt to combat fraudulent South African passportsRyanair, Europe’s largest low cost carrier, has been taking a controversial approach to combatting passport fraud. Specifically, for flights to the UK, Ryanair has been requiring South African passport holders to complete a quiz in Afrikaans, in an attempt to prove that they’re South African. Nowadays only 13% of South Africans speak Afrikaans as a first language, making it the country’s third most spoken mother tongue. Bottom lineRyanair has been giving South African passport holders bound for the UK a general knowledge quiz in Afrikaans, in an attempt to weed out those with fraudulent passports. What do you make of Ryanair’s Afrikaans quiz?

Source: The Times June 07, 2022 16:02 UTC