The vice chancellor, professor Sakhela Buhlungu, previously brought to light corruption allegations at the institution.
JOHANESBURG - The Higher Education Department is urging law enforcement agencies to ramp up their investigations into corruption at the University of Fort Hare.
In February, vice chancellor professor Sakhela Buhlungu decried widespread corruption at the institution. He explained incidents of corruption ranged from his signature being forged to attempts to stop cases from being taken to court. A second bodyguard working for vice chancellor professor Sakhela Buhlungu was killed near Alice at the weekend.In their probe, the police seek to ascertain exactly happened and whether it was deliberate or accidental.This follows the deadly shooting of another bodyguard Mboneli Vesele in January - where Buhlungu survived a susspected assassination attempt.Higher Education spokesperson Ishmael Mnisi appealed for a thorough investigation into the latest incident.
“The details that we are receiving now from the university, is that whilst the police are still investigating. We cannot be conclusive of the link of this car crash to other murders but it is highly concerning.”
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