Shibiri under scrutiny at commission over recorded call in Swart murder investigation

By Johnathan Paoli

Suspended Organised Crime Investigations head Major-General Richard Shibiri on Thursday denied trying to bribe investigators in the murder case of engineer Armand Swart.

A recorded phone call between Shibiri and a junior officer became a central focus at the Madlanga Commission, which was examining his account of the circumstances surrounding the investigation.

During Thursday’s proceedings, the commission played an audio recording of a 16 December 2024 telephone conversation between Shibiri and an officer who previously testified as Witness A, who had earlier submitted the recording as part of an additional affidavit.

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In the call, Shibiri can be heard discussing the safety of investigators working on the Swart case and warning about the dangers surrounding the probe.

“We cannot let this thing get to us in a manner which the people who are doing the work