Education activist says violent protests at Fort Hare have no place in a democratic society [SOUND]

# Education activist, Hendrick Makaneta, says the burning of buildings and disruption of learning at the University of Fort Hare in the Eastern Cape is deeply troubling and cannot be justified. Students have been protesting at the Alice campus since Monday over Vice-Chancellor Sakhela Buhlungu’s alleged failure to deal with mismanagement at the institution. The students are also not happy with the suspension of the SRC president and the institution’s plan to appoint an interim student leader. Makaneta says the students have raised genuine concerns: