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Deon Snyman

Deon Snyman is a political theologian who has worked in community development for the past 35 years and currently serves as Managing Director of the Goedgedacht Trust.

Latest Work

OPINIONISTA

12 October 2026

Donald Trump has wandered into a Thomas Bernhard novel and made vanity great again

Deon Snyman

4 min

OPINIONISTA

10 September 2026

Inequality of consequence: SA still hasn’t had a reckoning with the HIV/Aids years

Deon Snyman

6 min

OPINIONISTA

31 August 2026

Afrikaans ministers who proved it’s never too late for reconciliation

Deon Snyman

5 min

OPINIONISTA

20 August 2026

What Thabo Mbeki, the Broederbond and a minister from Montagu can still teach us

Deon Snyman

10 min

OPINIONISTA

22 July 2026

My biggest failure may not have been fundraising, but failing to truly empower communities

Deon Snyman

8 min

The day the buses left: Confronting xenophobia and rediscovering our humanity

STRONGER THAN FEAR OP-ED

7 July 2026

The day the buses left: Confronting xenophobia and rediscovering our humanity

Deon Snyman

7 min

Max du Preez, Youth Day and my discovery of another Afrikaans

LANGUAGE OF RESISTANCE

16 June 2026

Max du Preez, Youth Day and my discovery of another Afrikaans

Deon Snyman

6 min

There were 656,000 matric passes in 2025 — but where are the jobs?

GETTING SA TO WORK

13 May 2026

There were 656,000 matric passes in 2025 — but where are the jobs?

Deon Snyman

7 min

Beyond unemployment and inequality, SA’s deepest wound is humiliation rooted in apartheid

CRISIS MISDIAGNOSED OP-ED

13 April 2026

Beyond unemployment and inequality, SA’s deepest wound is humiliation rooted in apartheid

Deon Snyman

4 min

When training fails — the trauma factor South Africa can’t ignore

TRANSFORMATIVE WORK

10 March 2026

When training fails — the trauma factor South Africa can’t ignore

Deon Snyman

5 min

Bombing aftermath: Worcester’s apology was real — our reconciliation isn’t

REDEMPTION OP-ED

20 February 2026

Bombing aftermath: Worcester’s apology was real — our reconciliation isn’t

Deon Snyman

5 min

When the world turns inward, SA’s social fabric begins to fray

OP-ED

5 February 2026

When the world turns inward, SA’s social fabric begins to fray

Deon Snyman

3 min

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Latest Work

Donald Trump has wandered into a Thomas Bernhard novel and made vanity great again

Inequality of consequence: SA still hasn’t had a reckoning with the HIV/Aids years

Afrikaans ministers who proved it’s never too late for reconciliation

What Thabo Mbeki, the Broederbond and a minister from Montagu can still teach us

My biggest failure may not have been fundraising, but failing to truly empower communities

The day the buses left: Confronting xenophobia and rediscovering our humanity

Max du Preez, Youth Day and my discovery of another Afrikaans

There were 656,000 matric passes in 2025 — but where are the jobs?

Beyond unemployment and inequality, SA’s deepest wound is humiliation rooted in apartheid

When training fails — the trauma factor South Africa can’t ignore

Bombing aftermath: Worcester’s apology was real — our reconciliation isn’t

When the world turns inward, SA’s social fabric begins to fray