Gold Medal presented to Profs Marwala and Patel
Prof Himla Soodyall, ASSAf Executive Officer had the pleasure of honouring Profs Tshilidzi Marwala, Vice-Chancellor, and Leila Patel, DSI/NRF South African Research Chair in Welfare and Social Policy and Professor of Social Work, both from the University of Johannesburg (UJ), at a small ceremony.

ASSAf Science-for-Society Gold Medals for outstanding achievement in scientific thinking to the benefit of society and the medals and certificates are usually handed-over at the ASSAf Annual Award ceremony. Due to Covid-19, this event did not take place in 2020.