Sibiya’s bail hearing postponed until October 1

A Randburg Magistrates Court postponed suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya’s bail hearing until Thursday, October 1, after the state said it needed more time to verify new evidence. Sibiya remains in custody while facing charges including assault, sexual grooming of a child and trafficking, all of which he denies. The state alleges that Sibiya raped an 18-year-old woman at a Sandton hotel on May 16, 2026, while she was unconscious after being given alcohol. The charge-sheet account says Sibiya took the woman and two others to a club and then to the hotel. Through his lawyer, Sibiya told the court the sexual encounter was consensual. The allegation has not been tested at trial. The case also includes allegations involving a 16-year-old girl, the daughter of a close associate. Prosecutors allege Sibiya groomed her through WhatsApp and possessed or distributed sexual images involving her. Sibiya denies grooming or having a sexual relationship with the girl. He told the court that her father sent him a video of her and that he later sent it to the girl at her request. The supplied accounts do not resolve the competing claims.