Critical sociologist, Professor Saleem Badat has been awarded the prestigious Science-for-Society Gold Medal by the Academy of Science of South Africa. However, he has donated his prize money towards the BDS movement, lamenting the failures of academic institutions in South Africa to boycott Zionist Israel. Professor Badat, a critical sociologist and higher education policy specialist. He has also served as the vice-chancellor of Rhodes University and was the first head of the Council on Higher Education.

Guest: Professor Saleem Badat, critical sociologist