{"id":4028,"date":"2026-10-12T18:38:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T18:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=4028"},"modified":"2026-10-12T18:38:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T18:38:01","slug":"south-africas-deputy-police-chief-resigns-after-being-charged-with-sexual-offences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=4028","title":{"rendered":"South Africa&#8217;s deputy police chief resigns after being charged with sexual offences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">South Africa&#8217;s deputy police chief has resigned three weeks after he was charged with sexual offences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">A lawyer representing Lt Gen Shadrack Sibiya submitted his resignation letter at his disciplinary hearing on Monday, a police spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">Sibiya, 59, is also accused of having links to organised crime bosses &#8211; allegations which led to him being suspended last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">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<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">Sibiya says he did have sex with the 18-year-old but that it was consensual.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">He has been in custody since he was arrested three weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said <a class=\"LinkUrl-styles__LinkUrlStyled-sc-f4e3b82f-0 eGAhOs\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SAPoliceService\/status\/2109610113707159962\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a post on X that his departure from the police force was regarded as a dishonourable discharge<\/a> because he was still facing a disciplinary case when he resigned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">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<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">Sibiya was accused of interfering with investigations into political killings in KwaZulu-Natal province.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">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<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">He denied the allegation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">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<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">It was set up by President Cyril Ramaphosa after the KwaZulu-Natal police chief held a press briefing where he accussed the then police minister Senzo Mchunu of working with criminal gangs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">Mchunu denies the allegations against him but has been suspended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa&#8217;s deputy police chief has resigned three weeks after he was charged with sexual offences. 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