Vinod Hindocha hopes that the missing piece in the puzzle of his daughter's murder will soon fall into place now that it has been announced that British millionaire Shrien Dewani will be extradited to South Africa next month.
The Justice Department said yesterday that Dewani is expected in South Africa on April 8. South African police contend that Dewani murdered his wife, Anni.
"It is a big opening for us and it means that we are getting close to getting the answers we have been looking for for the past three-and-a-half years," Hindocha said from his home in Sweden.
"I am pretty sure he will be taken care of by South African doctors. It [Anni's murder] has been a big blow for our family; we can only hope to get justice."
Justice Department spokesman Mthunzi Mhaga said Dewani is expected to leave London on April 7. He said Dewani will appear in the Cape Town High Court "depending on the time of his arrival".
"The South African government, through the Justice Department, which is the central authority in extradition matters, is liaising with the office of the Home Secretary in Britain," Mhaga said.
"The two offices are facilitating Dewani's extradition in terms of the last English court order.
"We are working tirelessly to ensure that his return to our shores brings to finality this protracted legal process."
Anni was shot dead while on honeymoon with Dewani in Cape Town on November 13 2010 in an alleged staged hijacking.
Taxi driver Zola Tongo, who turned state witness, said that Dewani offered him R15000 to find hitmen to kill his wife.
Tongo recruited two men for the hit. Dewani has maintained his innocence and has been entangled in an extradition war with South African prosecutors.
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