Image source, Gallo Images via Getty ImagesImage caption, Lt Gen Shadrack Sibiya had denied all the charges against him
ByJoseph Winter- Published10 minutes ago
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 hearing on Monday, a police spokesperson said.
The charges relate to allegations that he sexually groomed a 16-year-old girl and raped an 18-year-old woman. He is also facing a charge of trafficking.
Sibiya has denied all the charges. He says he did have sex with the 18 year-old but says it was consensual.
He has been in custody since he was arrested three weeks ago after his bail application was denied.
Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said in a post on X that his departure from the police force was regarded as a dishonourable discharge, external.
The case comes as the police service is in the spotlight at a major public inquiry over allegations of corruption and collusion with criminals.
The inquiry, known as the Madlanga Commission, began in September 2025 and has heard accusations that Sibiya received a gift of 20 impalas from an alleged criminal kingpin in exchange for a police contract.
He denied the allegation.
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