News Desk Reporter
Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya has resigned from the South African Police Service, with his employment terminated with immediate effect today.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe confirmed that Sibiya’s legal representative tendered his resignation after disciplinary proceedings had commenced.
“The disciplinary hearing against Lieutenant General Sibiya sat this morning, during which his legal representative tendered his resignation immediately after the disciplinary proceedings had commenced,” Mathe said.
She said his departure was regarded as a dishonourable discharge because he had an ongoing disciplinary case at the time.
Sibiya remains in custody at Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre in Pretoria while his bail application proceeds. He faces criminal charges linked to allegations involving an 18-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl.
The reported charges include rape, human trafficking and child sexual grooming, as well as a firearm-related offence.
Sibiya denies the allegations. During his bail application, he told the court that his sexual encounter with the 18-year-old woman at a Sandton hotel in May was consensual.
The State is opposing his release on bail, citing concerns that include possible witness intimidation and the risk of him fleeing.
His disciplinary case includes allegations raised at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. These reportedly include claims that he received R500,000 from businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala in January 2024, a further R300,000 in September that year and 20 impalas in March 2024.
Other allegations concern the unauthorised sharing of confidential police information, claims that he improperly influenced Matlala to open a case against members of the Political Killings Task Team, and the handling of an arrest warrant containing personal information about blogger Musa Khawula.
The allegations have not been established as findings of guilt, and Sibiya has denied wrongdoing linked to the wider matters raised at the commission.