The ANC-aligned South African Students Congress (Sasco) came out kicking and screaming after losing the student representative council (SRC) elections to EFF Student Command (EFFSC) at the University of Fort Hare last week.The EFFSC emerged victorious at both the university’s East London and Alice campuses after a hard-fought campaign, which ended with the winners carrying a coffin and conducting a mock funeral service to commemorate the “death” of Sasco.
Buffalo City Metro mayor Princess Faku says she has instructed her lawyers to take the University of Fort Hare to court to challenge its decision to suspend her graduation.
Several young people seeking to further their studies have been assaulted, raped or killed at the Dikeni campus of the University of Fort Hare over the years, and for years aggrieved students have been airing their concerns about safety weak spots on campus. Now the university is on a mission to upgrade the campus’s security in a bid to keep thousands of students safe.
The University of Fort Hare has warned of an impending security shake-up on its Dikeni campus, where a student was killed this weekend, allegedly by a group of his peers.