The news of the arrest at the weekend of the suspects in the murders of the University of Fort Hare employees is most welcome.

Fort Hare has down the years held pride of place as a pioneering African university that contributed to the development of this country and not least of all for its moulding of political leaders that eventually played immeasurable roles in the liberation of Southern African nations. It is a legacy that we as a nation cannot dare allow to be soiled by latter day shenanigans of those serving selfish interests...