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A Western Cape professor has been cited to a disciplinary hearing Wednesday for claiming to be “African” on his CV, rather than maintaining his “official” color identity.
Glen Snyman, a teacher at Grootkraal Primary School in Oudtshoorn, allegedly identified himself as African when he applied for a principal position at another school in October 2017. In the end, he did not get the job.
Almost three years later, at the end of last month, he was summoned to a disciplinary hearing.
Snyman is an outspoken critic of racial classification and founder of People Against Race Classification. He is particularly outspoken against the use of the term “colored”, which he considers degrading.
Since 2010, Snyman has led a campaign against the government’s continued use of racial categories – “black,” “colored,” “Indian,” and “white” – in official documentation, including job application forms.
He also launched a petition asking people to declare: “I do not consider myself a ‘colored’, ‘black’, ‘Indian’ or ‘white’ person. I consider myself, first and foremost, South African ”.
Snyman declined to comment this week, noting that his case was pending.
However, TimesLIVE is in possession of his charge sheet from the Western Cape education department, which reads: “He committed a common law crime, namely fraud, by stating on his CV when applying for the position of principal at the school Fezekile’s high school who is an African male, whereas in reality your records indicate that you are a colored man and in doing so you gain an advantage to be shortlisted.
Provincial education department spokesman Bronagh Hammond said the details of Snyman’s case were sub judice. However, he confirmed that the matter concerned “providing fraudulent information on a CV.”
He said Snyman had no history of misconduct.
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