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Ryanair Holdings PLC is requiring South African passport holders to take a test in Afrikaans to prove their nationality, leading to accusations of racial discrimination, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
The Dublin-based budget airline is telling South African nationals they must complete a general knowledge test, written in Afrikaans, or they will be turned away from their flights, the newspaper said. This is despite Afrikaans being only the third most-spoken language in South Africa and having a history of enforced use under apartheid.
Ryanair told the FT that the questionnaire is being used ‘due to the high prevalence of fraudulent South African passports’.
https://www.ft.com/content/fe10ea74-f139-4e10-b02a-2fa0852dc122
Ryanair shares were up 2.0% at €14.11 in Dublin on Monday afternoon.
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