Fort Hare’s Buhlungu Says Anti-Corruption Drive Is a ‘Noose’

Fort Hare’s Buhlungu says anti-corruption drive is a ‘noose’

By Thapelo Molefe University of Fort Hare (UFH) Vice-Chancellor Sakhela Buhlungu has described his nearly decade-long tenure at the historic institution as a constant battle against corrupt forces, likening it to having a noose around his neck that he must repeatedly loosen just to breathe. “Every time I must find a way to loosen the noose on my neck,” Buhlungu said while speaking to Ann Bernstein, the founding director of advocacy group, the Ce…

Fort Hare VC: Political forces orchestrated campus violence to remove me

By Thapelo Molefe The vice-chancellor of the University of Fort Hare has alleged that powerful political interests orchestrated violence, arson and intimidation at the institution in an attempt to remove him and collapse ongoing corruption investigations. Speaking to Ann Bernstein, the founding director of advocacy group the Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE), during a CDE-broadcast event, Professor Sakhela Buhlungu claimed that the tor…