We can't take a wrong turn with rights

THE year 1994 was a revolutionary breakthrough. Racial oligarchy, brutal oppression and repression finally gave way to a democracy in which all South Africans were accorded full citizenship rights. Critical to this development was the imagination and courage we displayed to rid ourselves of tyranny and to forge a constitution and Bill of Rights that held out the promise of far-reaching political, economic and social reform. We looked forward to the promise of the progressive realisation of hard-won citizenship rights so we could live productive, rich, rewarding and secure lives.

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We are not free, only free to start

If we are our race before our nationality we create a new apartheid. And if we chain ourselves to materialism and others to poverty we are all slaves of a kind, writes Saleem Badat.

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Everyone has potential to be a leader’ Dr Saleem Badat

RHODES University Vice-Chancellor Dr Saleem Badat says people need to move away from the ‘big man’ syndrome and begin to question their leadership.

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We can't take a wrong turn with rights

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We are not free, only free to start

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Everyone has potential to be a leader’ Dr Saleem Badat

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Vice Chancellor Graduation Speech 2013

VC’s Opening Comments at the Corruption Watch

Rhodes University 2012 Graduation Ceremonies Address

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