Suspended deputy national commissioner Sibiya facing arrest

Johannesburg
Orrin Singh

Orrin Singh

9 October 2025 | 10:38

It's understood that the police plan to arrest him on charges of defeating the ends of justice case.

Suspended deputy national commissioner Sibiya facing arrest

Deputy national police commissioner for crime detection, Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya. Picture: Facebook/SAPoliceService

Suspended Deputy National Commissioner Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya is facing imminent arrest.

EWN has reliably learned that a team of SAPS members have arrived at Sibiya's Centurion home. It's understood they plan to arrest him on charges of defeating the ends of the justice.

Sibiya's lawyer, Ian Levitt, said they had not been informed of the specific charges his client is facing.

Sibiya was placed on a leave of absence by National Commissioner Fannie Masemola in July following a series of explosive allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.

Mkhwanazi claimed that Sibiya colluded with an information peddler from the North West, Brown Mogotsi, and Police Minister Senzo Mchunu to have the KZN political killings task team disbanded.

In response, Sibiya dismissed Mkhwanazi’s allegations as baseless lies, saying the KZN top cop was angered by the arrest of Crime Intelligence boss and close ally, Dumisani Khumalo.

Sibiya was later suspended in September. 

The suspension came a week after he lost a court bid to be reinstated, in which he argued that his enforced leave was unlawful.

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