Suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya’s request to cross-examine his boss, national police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola, and KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has sparked a debate about whether he should be given a chance to clear his name.
Sibiya made the request at the Madlanga commission of inquiry investigating allegations of criminality and political interference in the criminal justice system amid allegations made against him.
He was accused of being linked to murder accused Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and interfering in police investigations.
Sibiya said Masemola and Mkhwanazi are misleading the inquiry with “false information”.
“The evidence given by Gen Masemola created a misleading impression of events, of my role within the criminal justice system and my association with the role players under investigation, which I am compelled to correct in the interests of fairness and the integrity of the commission’s work,” said Sibiya.
The commission acknowledged receipt of Sibiya’s application but has yet to respond to it.
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