Fort Hare VC says alleged criminal syndicate masterminds were connected before arriving at university
At one stage, he said, a heavily implicated employee was kept on staff to allow him to continue with his alleged criminal enterprise and connect with the other syndicate members. Buhlungu said he had received the full backing and support for his corruption-busting investigations from the university’s council and countless people worldwide.on Sunday, 7 April 2024, days before 12 of the 15 accused, who face charges of creating an atmosphere of terror at the university to profit and receive kickbacks from protection and investigation contracts, will appear in court for bail hearings.
The State alleges that the well-known personal security firm Pentagon was unlawfully paid more than R1-million a month for bodyguard services. Pentagon boss Anwar Khan is the former bodyguard of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes, among other celebrities. “Vesele was a good man,” Buhlungu said. “He was always very suspicious of Pentagon. He didn’t want to report our movements on the shared WhatsApp group. He told me. I believed he saved my life. Nothing would have stopped them from ambushing us,” he said.
He said that they were also trying to recoup money paid to Plaatjies after it had emerged that all his qualifications were fake.There are now two court cases dealing with organised crime at Fort Hare University. Plaatjies is an accused in both. The first case relates to the violent crime at the institution, including the murders of Roets and Vesele. The second deals with the alleged syndicate that fuelled it.
“Of course, I was concerned. I said, ‘Go and open a case’. The car he was driving had a little dent on the front bumper. One of my acting deputy vice-chancellors didn’t believe him at all. We had to fire her later as well because she was implicated in the cleaning contract scandal, but at the time she drove out to where he said this took place and she took pictures.
“When I think about this in hindsight, I think of that eight-page agreement that I put in my desk drawer. The amount was staggering. I just decided at the time that I was not considering it.”“We discovered that he had hired an army of additional people in unfunded positions, but they were getting paid. Also, there was evidence that he had been abusing flights and car hire. But we haven’t yet found the connection between Tladi and Plaatjies.
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