Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya will remain behind bars after his bail application was postponed to 7 October, as the State and defence continued to clash over allegations of witness interference, sexual offences and a newly added firearm charge. Sibiya appeared before the Randburg Magistrates’ Court on Friday, where his legal team continued cross-examining the investigating officer, Sergeant Nokukhanya Ndlovu. He is facing six charges, including rape, three counts relating to sexual grooming, human trafficking and an…

Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya’s formal bail application was rocked by a series of explosive allegations on Thursday, including claims that he exchanged sexually explicit messages with a 16-year-old girl, that people close to him attempted to contact a complainant and that his lawyer’s actions may have helped him avoid arrest. The Randburg Magistrates’ Court heard detailed evidence from the investigating officer as the State continued opposing bail for the 59-year-old senior police officer, who faces allegations…

The bail hearing of suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya has been postponed to Thursday, October 1, after the State asked for additional time to respond to evidence presented by a defence witness. Sibiya, 59, appeared in the Randburg Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday for his second appearance since his arrest last week on five charges, including rape, human trafficking, promoting the sexual grooming of a child and two counts of sexual grooming of a child. He remains in…

Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya is expected to return to the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for a formal bail application after the State indicated it would oppose his release in a case involving allegations of rape, human trafficking and the sexual grooming of a child. The 59-year-old senior police officer was arrested on 21 September and made his first appearance in the same court the following day. He faces five charges, including rape, trafficking in persons,…

South Africa’s police hierarchy was plunged into another crisis on Tuesday when suspended Deputy National Commissioner Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya appeared in the Randburg Magistrates’ Court facing allegations of rape, trafficking in persons and the sexual grooming of a 16-year-old child. Sibiya, 59, appeared in court after his arrest by members of the Commissions Recommendations Task Team (CRTT), adding a deeply serious criminal case to a string of controversies that have already placed the senior police officer at the centre of…

More than a year after KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s explosive allegations shook South Africa’s criminal justice system, President Cyril Ramaphosa has formally noted the recommendations contained in the second interim report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System, commonly known as the Madlanga Commission. The Presidency on Thursday announced that Ramaphosa had considered the recommendations and referrals contained in the report, which was submitted to him on…

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has confirmed that the employee who deleted the criminal records of Stuart James Scharnick, a close associate of suspended Deputy Police Commissioner for Crime Detection Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya, is based at the national Criminal Records Centre in Pretoria, not in KwaZulu-Natal as initially believed. This revelation came during a press briefing in Durban on Thursday, where acting provincial commissioner for detection, Major-General Anthony Gopaul, provided a detailed account of Scharnick’s criminal history and ongoing…

Deputy National Police Commissioner General Shadrack Sibiya on Monday appeared before the ad hoc parliamentary committee investigating the alleged capture of police and politicians, facing tough questions from Chief Evidence Leader Norman Arendse SC about his role in the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team and his links to controversial figures. The hearing, which started later than planned, was marked by sharp exchanges, political jabs, and tense moments that revealed the deep divisions within the committee itself. Sibiya had…

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has dismissed widespread social media rumours suggesting that National Deputy Commissioner Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya is facing imminent arrest. According to SAPS spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe, there is no truth to claims that police officers have been dispatched to Sibiya’s Centurion home. “As you all know there are investigations that are ongoing as publicised and mentioned at the Ad Hoc Committee and the Madlanga Commission. As SAPS, we are not aware of any person…

The Madlanga Commission has been forced to adjourn its hearings after suspended head of SAPS Crime Intelligence, Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo, fell ill on Wednesday morning. Khumalo, who was expected to continue with explosive testimony that has already rattled the political and policing establishment, was reportedly unwell and left the Commission’s Pretoria precinct just after 9 a.m. The proceedings were scheduled to begin at 9:30, but Commission chairperson Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga announced an adjournment until further notice. Commission spokesperson Jeremy…