Re Authenticating a UK degree of a non native speaker

The thing is- most SouthAfrican FTs used to be native English Speakers with Great Grandfathers from Scotland or Devon.

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Not exactly. The boers were from dutch and german descent. It's hard to take this as anything but racist against non native speakers and of course based on skin colour. So much for China-South Africa relations, and being part of the BRICS group...