PHUTI MOSOMANE
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa says government will intervene at the University of Fort Hare following what has been described as ‘a planned assassination attempt’ on UFH Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sakhela Buhlungu.
“This is a concerning matter, taking place at the back of ongoing investigation by the SIU which shows there is much more happening at that University. We are going to involve the ministers of police and higher education to see what interventions we are going to deploy,” said Ramaphosa on Monday.
Buhlungu’s bodyguard, Mboneli Vesele, was killed on Friday night when shots were fired at the Vice-Chancellor’s car outside his Alice campus residence in the Eastern Cape.
Buhlungu escaped unharmed, and has since been moved to a safer location, according to the university spokesperson JP Roodt.
“The vice-chancellor is unharmed, survived a planned assassination attempt and is at a safe location,” Roodt said.
The university said Buhlungu will not be
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