1746: Jani Schoeman on Secularism, Community and Diversity
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2026/09/21
“What we have previously also done is do collaborating events with these organizations or other groups that we’ve engaged with. Sometimes that’s very fun.”
“If you have a small group, and they’re also a small group, then if you do a collab together, then you get to meet a lot more people that you never see. It’s not just the regular faces. That’s always nice.”
“I was also thinking of NHN specifically, on my second point. When we got to know them, when we had our first meeting with them, it was very interesting for me to see an older generation, how they approach the secular world or the secular idea.”
“Also, it’s a very Afrikaans group. Our group is half English, half Afrikaans, but we all speak English because Joburg is mostly English and it’s accepted that everyone just speaks English as the default language.”
“It was very beneficial to me, and insightful to me, to get to know how this other demographic of people approach secularism, as well, in South Africa.”
“That was a very long phrasing of the question. If you can maybe boil it down in a sentence for me?”
“It’s been something that’s always been on my mind. When we’re doing things, I’ve tried to cater for people of all ethnicities, and try to find something that’s interesting to everyone, but I don’t know how we can more actively try and bring diversity into the group. It’s something that I’ve always wanted to develop more.”
“It is difficult to think of active ways in which to attract more diversity to our group. I don’t know if there’s been any development on that. It’s something that I’ve found difficult. Although, we do have people of many different ethnicities coming to the meetings, but I think we can do better.”
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