A temporary victory for PARC!

On 23 September 2020, Snyman received a summons from his employer, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) to attend a disciplinary hearing on charges of fraud and dishonesty.

In October, 2017, Snyman, and in accordance with his organisation's core beliefs around race classification - had stated on his Curriculum Vitae that he was an African male, when applying for a post as a school headmaster. His official records on persal, indicate that he is a Coloured male.

During his pre-hearing on 9 October 2020, the prosecutor for the WCED told him that should he be found guilty for the charges,he would be dismissed. A dismissal would mean that Snyman would loose his job, his house, car, medical aid, life policies, and everthing he had been working for all of his life. He would eventually have ended up on the street and would never been able to get a work again because of his fraudulent record.

On the morning of the hearing, 14 October, 2020 , the Minister of Education in the Western Cape dropped the charges on grounds of there being no legal basis for the hearing.

Charge sheet of Mr Snyman: (Disciplinary hearing charge sheet.pdf)

Media statement by MEC Debbie Schafer: (Media statement.pdf)