Saleem Badat
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From liberation to integrity: Ruth First can inspire anti-corruption advocacy
Ruth First’s ‘activist research’ approach, combining rigorous inquiry with political purpose, offers a guide for the fight against graft
Rhodes vice-chancellor Badat steps down
Rhodes University’s first black vice-chancellor Saleem Badat has announced he will be stepping down from his position.
Taking dignity and democracy seriously
Fanon’s arguments about decolonising the humanities have resonance in academia today.
Return to critical scholarship
Intellectuals, public officials, business and civil-society leaders and political commentators have complained about South African universities’ lack of ”visibility”. For some,…
Have we become too grand?
Remember the days when, as inaugural transport minister, Mac Maharaj insisted that he would continue to drive his beat-up old Jetta? It struck a chord, for it spoke of a…