By Johnathan Paoli
The alleged rape and sexual assault case against suspended Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya has been postponed to September 29, when his bail application is expected to resume.
Sibiya briefly appeared in the Randburg Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday facing charges linked to the alleged sexual grooming of a 16-year-old girl and the alleged rape of an 18-year-old woman.
Sibiya, the suspended deputy national commissioner, is being held at the Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre in Pretoria.
The State and defence did not oppose the proceedings being broadcast, subject to restrictions, but the application could not proceed because the matter started late in the day.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said before Sibiya’s appearance that the State expected the matter to be postponed to allow for further investigations.
“We are expecting a postponement of seven days, obviously, for further investigations and so on, but let us not preempt what will
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