Two assassinations, a VC of steel and the remarkable ‘uncapturing’ of Fort Hare

Abstract

The man uncapturing the University of Fort Hare from organised crime and other crooked interests is vice-chancellor Sakhela Buhlungu, who survived an assassination attempt earlier this year that claimed the life of his bodyguard, yet he remains resolute and refuses to go into hiding. ANNELIESE BURGESS writes about a remarkable ‘uncapturing project’ which could be a blueprint for every other state institution in South Africa, if only they had men of steel like this VC.