{"id":46187,"date":"2026-09-22T17:19:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=46187"},"modified":"2026-09-22T17:19:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:19:26","slug":"sas-suspended-police-commissioner-transferred-to-pretoria-prison","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-suspended-police-commissioner-transferred-to-pretoria-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"SA&#8217;s suspended Police Commissioner transferred to Pretoria prison \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s (SA) suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya has been remanded in custody at the Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Centre in Pretoria following his initial court appearance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The senior official appeared briefly before the Randburg Magistrate\u2019s Court following his arrest. Sibiya faces charges under the Sexual Offences Act, including the alleged rape of an 18-year-old woman, the sexual grooming of a 16-year-old girl, and human trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The National Prosecuting Authority requested his transfer to the Pretoria correctional facility following intelligence indicating a potential escape risk while in police custody.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The court postponed proceedings to September 29, 2026, for a formal bail application.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":24101,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-46187","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"SA's Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiyatransferred to Pretoria prison ahead of bail hearing ","published_date":"2026-09-22 17:18:48","news_description":"SA's Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiyatransferred to Pretoria prison ahead of bail hearing ","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46187","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\/46187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46188,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46187\/revisions\/46188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=46187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}