In a courtroom northwest of Johannesburg, one of South Africa's most senior law enforcement officers has been brought before the very system he was sworn to uphold, charged with grooming a child, rape, and human trafficking. Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya, 59, whose suspension from the deputy police commissioner's post preceded his arrest, now faces the weight of allegations that speak not only to individual wrongdoing but to the deeper question of what becomes of institutions when those entrusted with authority turn it against the vulnerable. The case unfolds against an already troubled b
South Africa's deputy police commissioner charged with sexual offences
A 16-year-old girl was sexually groomed and an 18-year-old woman was raped by the accused officer.