Dr BK Lekubu

Qualifications

• D Litt et Phil: Criminal Justice (UNISA)
• MTech: Forensic Investigations (UNISA)
• BTech: Forensic Investigations (UNISA)
• Post Graduate Certificate in Corruption Studies (Univ. of Hong Kong)
• Certificate in Criminal Justice and Forensic Investigations (UJ)

Currently teaching

• FOR2605
• FOR4804
• Supervision of Masters and Doctoral students

Fields of academic interests

• Corruption and Fraud
• Forensic and criminal investigations

Journal articles

• Lekubu, B.K. 2013.  Issues of Corruption in South Africa’s Municipalities. South African Association of Public Administration and Management. Challenges of Local  Government in South Africa. SAAPAM Limpopo Chapter. Journal of Public Administration, Conference  Proceedings. ISBN: 978-0-620-56749-7. 
• Basdeo,VM,  Montesh, M & Lekubu, BK. 2014. Search for and  seizure of evidence in cyber environments: A law-enforcement dilemma in  South African criminal procedure. Journal of law, Society and Development,  1(1),  48- 67.
• M Montesh, OS Sibanda, V  Basdeo & BK Lekubu. 2015. Illicit drug use in selected high  schools in Mamelodi township. Acta Criminologica Special Edition No. 3/2015.

Paper presentations

Third International Conference of the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology (SASCV): 28-29 January 2016, Goa, India.

2018 International Conference on Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment in Asia – The Sixth Annual Meeting of Asian Association for Substance Abuse Research: 07-12 November 2018, Fangchengang, Guangxi, Nanning, China. (Also published on Unisa’s e-connect, 20 November 2018 – The inimical effects of Nyaope). https://staff.unisa.ac.za/sites/intranet/default/News-&-Communications/E–News/The-inimical-effects-of-Nyaope

Lekubu, B.K. 2019. Finance & Governance for Sustainable Cities – issues & mechanisms (Title of paper: Governance, Ethics and Ethical leadership for a Sustainable City). 2019 African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum (ACCSF). Also published on Unisa’s e-connect, 29 July 2019 – Ethical leadership no longer negotiable. https://staff.unisa.ac.za/sites/intranet/default/News-&-Communications/E–News/Ethical-leadership-no-longer-negotiable

Presented the Chancellor’s address at the GRADUATION CEREMONY of 25 October 2019 (Title: Being Agents of Change) – Cape Town.

The 4th International Annual Conference on Public Administration and Development Alternatives held at Southern Sun O.R Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa. Title: “Moral Values and Ethics as Antidotes for Bureaucratic Corruption in Public Service and Administration in Africa: The Case of South Africa”. 03-05 July 2019.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

• The  Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) Independent Quality Assurance Committee
• Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Independent Quality Assurance Committee
• The Professional Academic Committee (Univ. Hong Kong)

Projects

• Member of Learner Research and Emerging Researcher project.

Other

Benni matriculated in Ga-Rankuwa-Pretoria in 1992. In 1993, he joined the then Department of Social Services as an Administrator. During 1994/1995, he joined the Auditor General South Africa as an Auditor. From 1996 he joined Unisa’s Internal Audit Department as an Auditor where he spent 8 years and later joined their Forensic Investigation wing as a Forensic Investigator for another 7 full years. In 2012, he joined the College of Law (Department Police Practice) as a Senior lecturer.

Benni served in numerous Audit and Risk Management Committee meetings (UNISA), UNISA Talent Advisory Board, The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) Independent Quality Assurance Committee, Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Independent Quality Assurance Committee and The Professional Academic Committee (Univ. Hong Kong). Benni presented and was a panelist at the African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum (ACCSF) on “Finance & Governance for Sustainable Cities – issues & mechanisms” organised by the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.

His current research interests is in the fields of Fraud, Corruption, Anti-Corruption, Governance, Ethics and Leadership and continues his research and publication on these topics.