{"id":15063,"date":"2025-11-12T06:23:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T04:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-man-to-open-case-against-police-head\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:27:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:27:25","slug":"sa-man-to-open-case-against-police-head","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-man-to-open-case-against-police-head\/","title":{"rendered":"SA man to open case against Police Head"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">This follows Khumalo\u2019s testimony at the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria, where he linked Scharnick to suspended National Deputy Police Commissioner for Crime Detection, Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Khumalo said a vehicle driven by Sibiya was registered under Scharnick\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Testifying before the commission in Pretoria last week, Khumalo said the Toyota bakkie driven by Sibiya on the day of a police raid was registered under Scharnick.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u201cThe list is reflected. There are lots of questions. If you commit so many thefts and hijackings within the space of two years and you are found guilty, how many years and when are you serving your sentences, because everything is like in a very short space of time, that is part of the investigation that is still ongoing. That is the criminal profile of the owner of the bakkie,\u201d explained Khumalo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">According to Khumalo, Scharnick has faced 34 criminal charges in total, 18 resulting in convictions, 11 withdrawn, and five acquittals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15064,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-15063","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"South African (SA) man, James Stuart Scharnick is expected to open a case against Crime Intelligence Head, Dumisani Khumalo, in Pretoria on Wednesday","published_date":"2025-11-12 00:00:00","news_description":"South African (SA) man, James Stuart Scharnick is expected to open a case against Crime Intelligence Head, Dumisani Khumalo, in Pretoria on Wednesday","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19461,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15063\/revisions\/19461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=15063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}