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Ryanair had been making travelers to England pass a test in Afrikaans, the language associated with South Africa’s apartheid regime. TheGrio Staff. Jun 16, 2022. Share on Facebook; ...

Next, a bad second, came Afrikaans, an offshoot of Dutch, which became a distinctive language in nineteenth century South Africa. Third and fourth in my repertoire were Yiddish and Hebrew.

Afrikaans is one of South Africa's 11 official languages and is the first language of about 13% of the country's population. It's a Dutch-based language developed by many of the country's white ...

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 ...

Ryanair, an ultra-low-cost Irish airline based in Dublin, made Dinesh Joseph take an Afrikaans test before allowing him on his flight back to the UK. Dinesh Joseph/Insider 2022-06-08T08:58:46Z ...

There are ‘about 44 individuals still speaking Afrikaans’, said Charlize Theron who admitted she only became fluent in English after moving to the United States at the age of 19.

South Africans rage over Ryanair nationality test in Afrikaans, language of former Apartheid rulers By Sarah Carter June 8, 2022 / 9:47 AM EDT / CBS News ...

Charlize Theron has been facing some backlash for claiming that her first language, Afrikaans, is dying out. The 47-year-old actor opened up about growing up in South Africa while appearing on ...

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Citing the need to identify fraudulent passports, the European airliner says it wants South Africans to pass a test on a language spoken by only 13% of the country's travelers.