The Citizen reports that the apparent intimidation of some University of Fort Hare staffers seems to be continuing unabated. A university employee was on Wednesday found in his flat with his hands tied and mouth gagged.
Police have since opened a case of attempted murder. Colleagues of the 32-year-old noticed that he had not reported for work and they went to investigate at his flat, where they found him. The man was then taken to hospital after his colleagues “noticed that he was not well”. “The circumstances surrounding the incident are currently under investigation,” said SA Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana, who added that no arrests had been made. This incident comes after the bodyguard of University of Fort Hare vice-chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu was shot dead. The bodyguard, Mboneli Vesele, died in what is suspected to be an assassination attempt on Buhlungu. That was not the first attempted assassination of Buhlungu. In March 2022, a man was captured on CCTV footage climbing over a wall and firing three shots at Buhlungu’s house. Fort Hare spokesperson JP Roodt said the university had seen several violent attacks recently after it started clamping down on corruption. Last year, shots were fired into the residence of the deputy vice-chancellor for teaching and learning. On 19 May, the university’s fleet and transport manager, Petrus Roets, was shot dead in a suspected hit near the Gonubie off-ramp. But, the SAPS has not linked the latest incident with previous incidents..
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard at The Citizen
- Read too, Fort Hare university staffer found bound and gagged after failing to report for work, at News24
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