Respect Democratic Outcomes & Save the University of Fort Hare
1 October 2015
The DA has come to the University of Fort Hare (UFH) today to stand up for the constitutional rights and freedoms of students on this campus.
Earlier this year the DA Students Organisation (DASO) won an historic victory when they wrestled control of the SRC from the ANC-aligned SASCO. Since claiming that victory members of DASO have increasingly come under attack from UFH management.
The most recent attack on DASO has come from the Registrar, Prof Mike Somniso, who threatened to unleash the ANC’s uMkhonto weSizwe military veterans (MK) on DASO students at the university’s Alice campus.
This follows numerous assaults and threats on DASO members, the hijacking of the Student Parliament by SASCO, local police refusing to open cases where DASO members have been assaulted, and the Head of Security and Student Developer overheard plotting to poison the SRC President.