Eastern Cape opposition parties have called on premier Oscar Mabuyane to resign amid allegations of academic fraud at the University of Fort Hare.Mabuyane is accused of fraudulently submitting a research proposal for a master’s degree in public administration at the university, allegedly with the help of former faculty dean Prof Edwin Ijeoma.
A senior official at the University of Fort Hare, whose house was shot at by gunmen in 2022, is living in fear after her protection officers were allegedly withdrawn without reasons being provided.
Just months before he was shot and killed on the way home from work, University of Fort Hare fleet manager Petrus Roets pleaded for permission to carry a weapon on campus as criminals mounted a violent fightback against a corruption cleanup by vice-chancellor Prof Sakhela Buhlungu.
University of Fort Hare has raised concerns over alleged poor police work around the death of a member of the protection unit, Msingathi Langa, whose vehicle was rammed into over the weekend.