Sibiya To Testify Before Parliament Ad Hoc Committee Probing Police Corruption

Deputy Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya will take the stand on Monday in the parliamentary inquiry investigating alleged corruption within South Africa’s criminal justice system.

His testimony follows explosive revelations linking him to the controversial disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT). Earlier this week, KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and National Commissioner General Fannie Masemola testified, implicating Sibiya in the decision.

Ad Hoc Committee chairperson Soviet Lekganyane confirmed that Sibiya will appear before the inquiry at the start of next week. “Next week Monday and Tuesday, we have a date with General Sibiya,” Lekganyane said.

Seizure of Electronic Devices Raises Legal Concerns

The inquiry takes place amid fresh controversy after police executed search and seizure warrants at Sibiya’s home and at the residence of Cedrick Nkabinde, chief of staff to suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu. Officers reportedly confiscated laptops and mobile phones as part of the ongoing investigation.

Both Sibiya and Nkabinde condemned the seizures. Nkabinde further alleged that his brother was assaulted when police mistook him for the official. At Mchunu’s residence, the team was denied entry by on-duty police officers, prompting the minister’s legal team to write to the Ad Hoc Committee in protest.

Mchunu’s lawyers expressed concern that the seizures were “unacceptable” and could “compromise the investigation currently conducted by the Ad Hoc Committee.” They argued that witnesses have no assurance about the handling of their confiscated devices.

Masemola confirmed during testimony that he had been informed of the operation.
“They were not arresting anybody. It was a matter apparently of looking for people to get the gadgets,” he said, adding that the process should not take long.

Investigation Tied to Alleged Obstruction of Justice

Advocate Norman Arendse SC, the inquiry’s chief evidence leader, confirmed that the committee expects Sibiya’s presence. “He will be here, although the committee does have power to order the head of prison to release a detainee to come and give evidence here,” said Arendse.

The probe stems from a criminal case opened by Mkhwanazi, who accused certain officials of attempting to obstruct justice by disbanding the PKTT. The case was filed in KwaZulu-Natal following an affidavit by Masemola, who described the move as a “crime” and an attempt to undermine police operations.

“For now what we are accusing the minister of, is the minister’s failure to protect the organisation,” Mkhwanazi told the inquiry. Masemola added, “That talks about the defeating ends of justice. It talks about those that participated in efforts to disestablish the PKTT.”

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As Sibiya prepares to testify, tensions remain high within the ranks of law enforcement, with Parliament seeking answers over the alleged political interference in critical investigations.

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