Guard tells how shots rang out on night Fort Hare VC’s bodyguard was killed

A security guard at the home of University of Fort Hare vice-chancellor Prof Sakhela Buhlungu has described the terrifying moments leading up to the murder of Buhlungu’s bodyguard, Mboneli Vesele, in January 2023. The guard, Mphumezi Mpintshana, told the Bhisho high court on Monday how he phoned Vesele after hearing a volley of gunshots near Buhlungu’s home — unaware that Vesele had already been fatally shot just metres away.