Ngo 1998 futhi 1999 there was some controversy over the decision by university authorities to sell the Turner Collection, a valuable collection of mathematical printed books including some which had belonged to – and had been heavily annotated by – Isaac Newton, in order to fund major improvements to the university library. Senior university officials authorised the sale of the collection to a private buyer, with no guarantee that it would remain intact or within the UK. Although legally permissible, the sale was unpopular among the academic community and the controversy was fuelled by prolonged negative press coverage suggesting that the £1m sale price was too low and that the collection was certain to be broken up. "Uvele esedlala ibhola elingatheni. Wagcina ukumaka ibhola ngaphambi kweNdebe yoMhlaba ngo-2014. Into nje abesenyeza uphasa into engatheni. Okungicika tu, usuka lapho ufuna ukuzwelwa ngokuthi athi uyacwaswa. Isizwe ngeke simkhumbule nhlobo, liphume nobovu," kusho isikhulu esiphezulu kwiBayern Munich u-Uli Hoeness.