In a nation already grappling with an epidemic of violence against women, one of South Africa's most senior police officers now stands accused of embodying the very harm he was sworn to prevent. Shadrack Sibiya, former deputy national police commissioner, was arrested in Johannesburg and charged with raping an incapacitated 18-year-old woman and grooming a 16-year-old girl online — crimes that arrive alongside a judicial inquiry into his alleged interference in political killings investigations. The case forces a painful confrontation with a recurring human tragedy: the corruption of instituti
Senior South African police chief arrested on rape and child grooming charges
An 18-year-old woman was allegedly raped while incapacitated; a 16-year-old girl was groomed online and received unsolicited explicit images.