Profile

Duane started his career as a police official in the South African Police Service (SAPS), reaching the rank of Inspector, whereafter he was a public prosecutor in the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa (NPA), reaching the level of Senior Public Prosecutor (SPP). He was then head-hunted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) forensic services, where he project-managed financial crime investigations.

In 2004, Duane joined the North-West University where he first lectured corporate law in the Law Faculty as Head of Department of Mercantile Law before joining the newly established Programme in Forensic Accountancy in 2007 to lecture in criminal law and criminology. His doctoral thesis explored the combating of organised crime, after which he was seconded to the State Capture Commission as part of a research project for the Chair of the Commission. Duane was invited to appear before the Financial Action Task Force panel of assessors to speak on issues of corruption and money laundering during South Africa’s mutual evaluation in 2019.

Duane joined the School of Policing Studies at Charles Sturt University in March 2024 as researcher and senior lecturer in policing studies. His hobby is to write Afrikaans crime fiction, having published both novels and short stories.