Social conversations: Fort Hare vice-chancellor pleads with Ramaphosa to take action following attacksThe University of Fort Hare’s vice-chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu says he has never known peace since he took up his current job, accusing politicians and business people of working as part of a syndicate to have him ousted or resign in fear.Bahlungu, whose bodyguard was shot dead recently at the university in a suspected hit, has alleged there was syndicate within the Eastern Cape university which was working with business people who were service providers and politicians..

Buhlungu has since appealed publicly to President Cyril Ramaphosa to ensure his safety after his bodyguard was killed in a suspected hit on Friday night.

“These syndicates are running a mock, I found an institution that has been captured, I found an institution that has been troubled and that was broken down.

“All the while people were turning a blind eye and they were saying all the nice things about what the iconic university was, but the rot was there,” he said.

Guest on the line: the South African Union of Students National Spokesperson, Asive Dlanjwa