{"id":47482,"date":"2026-10-07T12:03:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T10:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=47482"},"modified":"2026-10-07T12:03:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T10:03:30","slug":"sas-top-cop-bail-hearing-resumes-as-state-relies-on-recorded-conversations","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-top-cop-bail-hearing-resumes-as-state-relies-on-recorded-conversations\/","title":{"rendered":"SA&#8217;s top cop\u00a0bail hearing resumes as State relies on recorded conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">South Africa&#8217;s (SA) suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Lieutenant\u00a0General Shadrack Sibiya is back in Gauteng Province, Randburg Magistrate&#8217;s Court as his bail application resumes, with the State continuing to rely on recorded conversations as part of its case opposing his release.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\nThe hearing was postponed last week after the magistrate ordered proper translations and transcripts of audio recordings which prosecutors argue point to possible witness interference.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\nProceedings today began with Investigating Officer Detective Sergeant Nokukhanya Ndlovu reading into the record a transcript of a conversation involving a state witness identified only as Mr M and an unidentified man.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Sibiya faces several charges, including the alleged sexual grooming of a 16-year-old girl, rape, human trafficking and a firearms\u00a0related offence.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\nHe denies the allegations.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":24089,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-47482","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Sibiya is back in Randburg Magistrate's Court","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47482","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\/47482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47483,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47482\/revisions\/47483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=47482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}