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.
The group of people accused of defrauding the University of Fort Hare out of millions of rand has failed in a bid to have the charges dismissed. The 15 accused on Wednesday brought their application in the Alice magistrate’s court, sitting in Dimbaza, asking that the matter be struck off the roll, citing jurisdiction.
There could be further arrests in the ongoing saga of violence and corruption at the University of Fort Hare, after an additional 15 people were taken into custody over the Easter weekend, bringing the total number of suspects to 25.
This how Fort Hare University vice-chancellor Prof Sakhela Buhlungu described the court appearance of his six co-workers who appeared alongside nine other accused for various crimes including corruption, fraud and murder linked to the university.