By Johnathan Paoli
Suspended SAPS Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection Shadrack Sibiya is expected to return to the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday, as scrutiny intensifies around allegations that senior police leadership interfered with sensitive investigations and maintained improper relationships with politically connected individuals.
Sibiya’s testimony comes after months of damaging evidence from multiple witnesses who have placed him at the centre of decisions that allegedly weakened key investigations, including those into politically motivated killings in KwaZulu-Natal.
His return follows earlier postponements, including an absence late last year due to illness, and comes amid sustained public and political pressure for accountability at the highest levels of the SAPS.
Central to the case against Sibiya are allegations that he played a decisive role in the disbandment or effective neutralisation of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT), a specialised unit established to investigate political assassinations, particularly in KwaZulu-Natal.
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