Brigitte Mabandla Justice

Brigitte Mabandla | Justice College Memoir

REGIONAL CO-OPERATION AND INTERNATIONAL PROFILE The College has presented training courses in Swaziland, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Republic of South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda and officials from these countries attend our courses on an ongoing basis. In terms of an agreement with the Judicial College of Zimbabwe and the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, the College presented courses for magistrates and judges from fifteen African countries on international and regional issues associated with the specialised legal concerns of drug control and trans-national prosecutions. The College is continuously pursuing partnerships and collaborations with other national and international institutions to enhance the quality of its training programmes. This includes collaborations with among others, universities, research institutes, and law enforcement agencies from around the world. These partnerships facilitate the sharing of expertise, resources, and training materials, leading to a more holistic and comprehensive approach to legal education. Anti-Corruption and CyberForensic Academy: Domestic and International MoUs currently underway • USB-SPL Partnership – 100 SIU Senior Managers completed a Strategic Management Development Program (August 2023-July 2024) • NWU Partnership – 16 SIU Members trained as Forensic Accountants and 13 young graduates from the North West University • Sol Plaatjie University – 15 Data Science Honors Graduates to be absorbed into the SIU by January 2024 • Secondment Agreement with Gauteng Provincial Government – 120 Investigators, DDG’s and Directors trained on the Cyber Forensic Responder Program • Hong Kong International Academy Against Corruption and the Anti-Corruption Academy to exchange expertise on research and training. 29 Oct - 05 Nov 2024 ICAC Hong Kong to visit the Academy and train SIU and LEAs on Financial Investigations • Univ of Stellenbosch and the SIU to introduce a Masters, Diploma and Certicate anti corruption qualifications targeting only ACAs and LEAs domestically and in the continent to be registered as qualifications of the Academy offered jointly by USB and the Academy • MoUs on capacity building and the exchange of expertise for the Academy signed with anti-corruption agencies of Malawi, Seychelles, eSwatini, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Madagascar and Mali.

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Brigitte Mabandla | Justice College | Memoir