Shadrack Sibiya leaves SAPS: Dishonourable discharge for South Africa’s deputy police chief

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 listening to on Monday, a police spokesperson stated.

The fees relate to allegations that he sexually groomed a 16-year-old woman and raped an 18-year-old girl. He’s additionally dealing with a cost of trafficking.

Sibiya has denied all the costs. He says he did have intercourse with the 18 year-old however says it was consensual.

He has been in custody since he was arrested three weeks in the past after his bail software was denied.

Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe stated in a publish on X that his departure from the police pressure was considered a dishonourable discharge, exterior.

The case comes because the police service is within the highlight at a significant public inquiry over allegations of corruption and collusion with criminals.

The inquiry, generally known as the Madlanga Fee, started in September 2025 and has heard accusations that Sibiya acquired a present of 20 impalas from an alleged legal kingpin in change for a police contract.

He denied the allegation.