Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Badat dị afọ iri na asatọ mgbe ọgba aghara Soweto nke 1976
mere, nke kpụrụ ya ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na-ama na n'ikpeazụ ya na-amụrụ activism. Badat jere ozi na kọmitii ụgwọ ọrụ ụmụ akwụkwọ na Kọmitii Ntọhapụ Mandela. Na mbido, o sonyere na Black Consciousness Movement, ma mesịa sonye na United Democratic Front (UDF) mgbe e guzobere ya na 1983. Badat bụ onye nchịkọta akụkọ nke akwụkwọ akụkọ obodo Western Cape, "Grassroots".