WATCH | Fort Hare VC: It’s clear they want to finish us off

ALICE - University of Fort Hare vice-chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu is again appealing to President Cyril Ramaphosa for protection.

He says it's clear some people want him dead because of his anti-corruption stance.

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The vice chancellor's bodyguard Mboneli Vesele, who was murdered outside Buhlungu's house last week, was buried on Saturday.

Several shootings have targeted university officials.

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Buhlungu says they're linked to criminal elements he's trying to root out at the university.

''I'm feeling numb, it's unreal, but it's a fact, it's done," Buhlungu said.

"The assassins came to my house where Vesele lived, and it's clear they wanted to finish both of us off. They're dead set on this."