TALKING POINT | Nonracial politics puts the race cart before the horse

A colour-blind approach pretends we live in a society where the effects of historically targeted discrimination no longer exist

02 November 2020 - 19:58 By mike siluma

Is the official use of apartheid-era racial categories a human rights violation? As the SA Human Rights Commission grapples with the question, Sunday Times Daily explores different views on the race row involving Western Cape teacher Glen Snyman, of Oudtshoorn, who faced disciplinary action and was charged with fraud by the Western Cape education department after identifying himself as “African” instead of “coloured” in a job application. This is the third in a series of four features. Read Ebrahim Harvey’s (https://select.timeslive.co.za/news/2020-10-25-st-daily-ebrahim-harvey-its-time-to-confront-sas-race-classification-system/) and Marlene le Roux’s (https://select.timeslive.co.za/news/2020-10-28-talking-point--songs-of-kinship-how-i-found-my-black-identity/) and Lindie Koorts’ (https://select.timeslive.co.za/news/2020-10-30-talking-point-i-found-my-white-afrikaner-identity-by-studying-history/)here...

This article is free to read if you sign up or sign in.

If you have already registered or subscribed, please sign in to continue.



Questions or problems? Email helpdesk@timeslive.co.za or call 0860 52 52 00.