Fort Hare’s Sakhela Buhlungu: ‘I felt like I had a noose around my neck’

Fort Hare’s Sakhela Buhlungu: ‘I felt like I had a noose around my neck’

In a wide-ranging interview with the CDE’s Ann Bernstein, University of Fort Hare Vice Chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu describes his harrowing seven-year battle to root out systemic corruption and criminal networks from the historic institution, facing assassination attempts, arson attacks, and political interference while fighting to restore academic integrity to a university that has produced many of South Africa’s most prominent leaders.