{"id":46999,"date":"2026-10-01T11:46:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=46999"},"modified":"2026-10-01T11:46:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:46:19","slug":"sas-suspended-deputy-national-police-commissioners-bail-application-expected-to-resume","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-suspended-deputy-national-police-commissioners-bail-application-expected-to-resume\/","title":{"rendered":"SA\u2019s suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner\u2019s bail application expected to resume"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">South Africa&#8217;s (SA) Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner for Crime Detection, Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya&#8217;s bail application is expected to resume this Thursday morning at the Randburg Magistrates Court.<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>He is facing five charges, including rape, human trafficking and the alleged sexual grooming of a sixteen-year-old girl.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Sibiya&#8217;s bail application was postponed on Tuesday to allow the the state time to adequately prepare to cross-examine the defenses first witness.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0Sibiya was also a witness at the Madlanga commission of inquiry for alleged links to drug cartel bosses.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":24101,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-46999","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"\u00a0Sibiya was also a witness at the Madlanga commission of inquiry for alleged links to drug cartel bosses.","published_date":"","news_description":"\u00a0Sibiya was also a witness at the Madlanga commission of inquiry for alleged links to drug cartel bosses.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46999","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\/46999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47000,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46999\/revisions\/47000"}],"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=46999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=46999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}