Shadrack Sibiya leaves SAPS: Dishonourable discharge for South Africa’s deputy police chief

South Africa’s deputy police chief has resigned three weeks after he was charged with sexual offences.

A lawyer representing Lt Gen Shadrack Sibiya submitted his resignation letter at his disciplinary listening to on Monday, a police spokesperson stated.

Sibiya, 59, can be accused of getting hyperlinks to organised crime bosses – allegations which led to him being suspended final yr.

He denies these allegations, in addition to fees that he sexually groomed a 16-year-old woman and raped an 18-year-old lady. He additionally faces a cost of human trafficking.

Sibiya says he did have intercourse with the 18-year-old however that it was consensual.

He has been in custody since he was arrested three weeks in the past.

Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe stated in a post on X that his departure from the police force was regarded as a dishonourable discharge, external as a result of he was nonetheless dealing with a disciplinary case when he resigned.

The accusations that Sibiya was linked to crime bosses emerged at a significant public inquiry over allegations of police corruption and collusion with criminals, often known as the Madlanga Commission.

Sibiya was accused of interfering with investigations into political killings in KwaZulu-Natal province.

He was additionally accused of receiving a present of money, in addition to 20 impalas, from an alleged prison kingpin in alternate for a police contract.

He denied the allegation.

The Madlanga Commission has transfixed South Africa over the previous yr and unearthed widespread allegations of hyperlinks between law enforcement officials and crime bosses.

It was arrange 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.

Mchunu denies the allegations in opposition to him however has been suspended.