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SAPS disciplinary battle: Sibiya hearing postponed amid Labour Court challenge
SAPS has postponed suspended deputy commissioner Shadrack Sibiya’s disciplinary hearing to October 12 amid a Labour Court battle
SAPS has postponed suspended deputy commissioner Shadrack Sibiya’s disciplinary hearing to October 12 amid a Labour Court battle
Criminal charges against former acting national police commissioner Kgomotso Phahlane have been withdrawn.
The disciplinary case against suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Lt. Gen. Shadrack Sibiya over allegations arising from the Madlanga Commission did not proceed Monday as scheduled.
Kgomotso Phahlane
Despite billions of rands being channelled their way, police detectives are struggling, with some juggling between 600 and 800 cases each, reports the Auditor-General. Forensic services are also not up to scratch, with some computers not even functioning.
The postmortem report on police dog Sky, a female Belgian Shepherd trained to detect arson accelerants, paints a grim picture of the service dog’s final hours and raises fresh questions about how she was left in such a condition.