Inequality of consequence: SA still hasn’t had a reckoning with the HIV/Aids years
The people I buried experienced the consequences immediately, as did their families and their children. Political responsibility was far harder to find.
In 1996, Deon Snyman returned to Nongoma after conducting research in Europe. Upon his arrival, he discovered one of his close friends was afflicted with AIDS. Snyman, a political theologian and managing director of the Goedgedacht Trust, had spent the previous three decades working in community development. In this personal and professional journey, he witnessed the devastating impact of the HIV/AIDS crisis on individuals and communities in Nongoma.
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