{"id":2196801,"date":"2026-10-12T14:18:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2196801"},"modified":"2026-10-12T14:18:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:18:50","slug":"shadrack-sibiya-leaves-saps-dishonourable-discharge-for-south-africas-deputy-police-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2196801","title":{"rendered":"Shadrack Sibiya leaves SAPS: Dishonourable discharge for South Africa’s deputy police chief"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lt Gen Shadrack Sibiya has denied all the charges against him<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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South Africa’s deputy police chief has resigned three weeks after he was charged with sexual offences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A lawyer representing Lt Gen Shadrack Sibiya submitted his resignation letter at his disciplinary hearing on Monday, a police spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sibiya, 59, is also accused of having links to organised crime bosses – allegations which led to him being suspended last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He denies those allegations, as well as charges that he sexually groomed a 16-year-old girl and raped an 18-year-old woman. He also faces a charge of human trafficking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sibiya says he did have sex with the 18-year-old but that it was consensual.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He has been in custody since he was arrested three weeks ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said in a post on X that his departure from the police force was regarded as a dishonourable discharge because he was still facing a disciplinary case when he resigned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The accusations that Sibiya was linked to crime bosses emerged at a major public inquiry over allegations of police corruption and collusion with criminals, known as the Madlanga Commission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sibiya was accused of interfering with investigations into political killings in KwaZulu-Natal province.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He was also accused of receiving a gift of cash, as well as 20 impalas, from an alleged criminal kingpin in exchange for a police contract. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He denied the allegation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Madlanga Commission has transfixed South Africa over the past year and unearthed widespread allegations of links between police officers and crime bosses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It was set up by President Cyril Ramaphosa after the KwaZulu-Natal police chief held a press briefing where he accused the then Police Minister Senzo Mchunu of working with criminal gangs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mchunu denies the allegations against him but has been suspended.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Go to <\/i>BBCAfrica.com<\/i> for more news from the African continent.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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