In June 2021, the Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services announced the finalisation and ratification of the treaties on extradition and mutual legal assistance between South Africa and the UAE. This paved the way for South Africa to start the extradition request for the two Gupta brothers, who ostensibly fled to the UAE to avoid prosecution in South Africa for massive corruption.
AuthorBernadine Benson
Bernadine Benson is Associate Professor: Police Practice, University of South Africa.
'I was a police officer for 19 years before joining Academe in 2007.
I hold a B Tech Policing and an M Tech Policing degree (both cum laude) at the Tshwane University of Technology and a DLitt et Phil at the University of South Africa.
My research interests span the following topics: Policing and crime/forensic investigations, Ethics and policing, Police corruption, Crimes against natural and cultural heritage, Online teaching (ODL/ODeL).
I was awarded the Excellence In Tuition Award in 2017 for Student Support and I am presently a grant holder for ODL research, together with a project team of 8 fellow-researchers.
I was appointed as the Chair of the Department of Police Practice from 2017 - 2020, after which time I returned to my first love: Tuition.
My time and energy are spent on tuition and the empowerment of my undergraduate, and postgraduate students.'