Johannesburg – Amid allegations of wrongdoing, Deputy National Commissioner for crime detection, Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya has been granted leave of absence.
Just a day after President Cyril Ramaphosa suspended corruption-accused Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, the police have placed Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya on special leave.
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A week ago KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi accused Mchunu and Sibiya, of among other things, conspiring to disband the task team probing the killings of politicians.
Sibiya has since denied any wrongdoing and dismissed allegations against him as false.
However, on Tuesday, 15 July 2025, the National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola put his deputy, Sibiya, on leave of absence.
General Masemola was in Durban, at Hoy Park, where he received a memorandum from protesters in support of Lieutenant-General Mkhwanazi.
President Ramaphosa has appointed Professor Firoz Cachalia as acting Police Minister and established a judicial inquiry to look into the allegations.
