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Political killings task team: Sibiya adds to affidavit in bid to get job back
The Star
|September 02, 2025
SEEKING REINSTATEMENT
SUSPENDED deputy police commissioner, Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya, has used the tensions between acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia and police commissioner Fannie Masemola to strengthen and support a fight for his reinstatement.
Masemola suspended Sibiya his deputy responsible for crime detection, for intentionally disobeying his instructions on the disbandment of the KwaZulu-Natal political task team investigating high-profile murders.
The task team is at the centre of the claims of political interference within the criminal justice system — claims that were made by KwaZulu-Natal provincial commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.
Sibiya filed a supplementary affidavit following Cachalias remarks regarding the decision to return 121 dockets to the political killings task team.
This was after Masemola reportedly told the media last week that the dockets were being returned from Sibiya’s office back to the task team.
Cachalia said the matter will be dealt with by the Madlanga Commission as the task team is at the centre of the claims of political interference within the criminal justice system.
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