The state is opposing the release on bail of late rapper Kiernan AKA Forbes’ bodyguard, Anwar Khan, and another businessman in the case involving alleged fraud at the University of Fort Hare. Senior prosecutor advocate Mduduzi Mzila said that reasons for refusing to release Khan and civil servant turned businessman Terrence Joubert would be provided on Friday when their bail application was heard in the Dimbaza magistrate’s court.
Bradley Conradie Halton Cheadle (BCHC), a Cape Town-based law firm whose partner and an associate are among 15 people arrested for allegedly defrauding the University of Fort Hare of millions of rand, is still providing services for the university.
A few days after the province celebrated its record-breaking matric pass rate of 81.4%, the matric class of 2023 face a new obstacle. The province’s universities cannot accommodate the majority who have passed. They have already received more than half a million applications but can only accommodate 20,077 new students in 2024.