Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - Tekau mā waru ngā tau o Badat i te tau 1976 i te wā o te Soweto Uprising
i puta mai, nāna i whakatakoto tōna māramatanga tōrangapū, ā, i te mutunga, ko tana mahi ākonga. I mahi a Badat i te komihana utu mo nga akonga me te Komiti Whakaora Mandela. I te tuatahi i hono ia ki te Black Consciousness Movement, a, i muri mai ka uru atu ia ki te United Democratic Front (UDF) whai muri i tana whakaturanga i te 1983. Ko Badat te kaiwhakaputa o te niupepa hapori o Western Cape, "Grassroots".