SIU Confirms Dodgy Dealings Surrounding Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane’s Fort Hare Master’s Degree Bid

• The SIU is setting the record straight on Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane's allegedly illegitimate postgraduate degrees
• The unit claims it has prima facie evidence that Mabuyane did not write his own Master's thesis
• The Eastern Cape premier was irregularly admitted into the Master's programme without having obtained an honours

ALICE - The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has come out guns blazing against Eastern Cape Premiere Oscar Mabuyane.

The unit's principal forensic auditor, Bongani Tshuku, revealed that the SUI had evidence that Mabuyane's pursuit of a Master's degree at the University of Fort Hare was not entirely above board.

In court papers submitted to the Bhisho High Court, Tshuku claimed Mabuyane did not write his Master's thesis, but rather it was written by a team of university officials and researchers, SowetanLIVE reported.

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Tshuku further noted irregularities in Mbuyane's admittance into the Master's programme seeing as he didn't have the prerequisite of an honours degree. Mabuyane allegedly also enrolled for a PhD at the same time as when he registered for the Master's.

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This comes as Mabuyane is dragging the SUI and President Cyril Ramaphosa to court to interdict the probe into his qualification.

Mabuyane earlier made scathing comments about the SIU, claiming the institution was not up to the task of investigating the allegations that he came about his postgraduate qualifications unlawfully, The Citizen reported.

The SIU hit back at Mabuyane's comments, refuting Mabuyane's assertions while assuring the public.

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In another story, Briefly News reported that the police have confirmed that 12 Fort Hare University students were arrested for allegedly setting a building on fire and for the destruction of property.

The students are said to have been between 19 and 22 and are set to appear at the Alice Magistrates Court on Tuesday, 6 June.

According to The Citizen, a group of unhappy students looted a cafeteria and destroyed several buildings, including shattering the windows of a computer lab at the Alice campus on Sunday night. It is believed that the students were upset over the exam timetable.

Source: Briefly News