Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya ditched his scheduled testimony at the Madlanga Commission after claiming he got sick, and the whole thing pushed into next year since hearings wrap up this week. The suspended Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection was supposed to answer accusations about killing a political murder task team in KwaZulu-Natal and getting cozy with alleged gangsters like Vusimuzi Matlala and Katiso Molefe. Commission spokesperson Jeremy Michaels confirmed Sibiya called in with his excuse, but people online are roasting him for dodging questions.
Witnesses said Sibiya pushed hard to shut down the KZN Political Killings Task Team and moved 121 case files to his office in Pretoria, where they sat around doing nothing before getting quietly sent back. One witness claimed Matlala handed cash bribes to Sibiya through a sergeant under his command, and CCTV caught the officer visiting Molefe's mansion in Sandhurst. Police Minister Senzo Mchunu defended the task team shutdown but admitted he only learned about the accusations after testimony dropped at the inquiry.
Witnesses said Sibiya pushed hard to shut down the KZN Political Killings Task Team and moved 121 case files to his office in Pretoria, where they sat around doing nothing before getting quietly sent back. One witness claimed Matlala handed cash bribes to Sibiya through a sergeant under his command, and CCTV caught the officer visiting Molefe's mansion in Sandhurst. Police Minister Senzo Mchunu defended the task team shutdown but admitted he only learned about the accusations after testimony dropped at the inquiry.
