# Top South African police officer charged with rape and child grooming

https://mins.news/en/item/70358

- The Guardian, 2026-09-23 09:38 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/23/south-africa-top-police-officer-shadrack-sibiya-charged-rape-grooming

> Shadrack Sibiya, one of South Africa’s most senior police officers, has been charged with raping an 18-year-old woman and grooming a 16-year-old girl. He also faces people-trafficking and child sexual-grooming charges. Suspended over alleged interference in political-killing investigations, Sibiya appeared briefly in a Johannesburg court and was remanded until a bail hearing on 29 September.

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