Scorpions
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Oct 14, 2026
Mcebisi NdletyanaGUEST
He wins Polokwane, but the charges are still there.
Mcebisi NdletyanaGUEST
Um, and the ANC at Polokwane is quite aware of this, and one of their resolutions is that they should disband, uh, the Scorpions.
Mcebisi NdletyanaGUEST
Um, and their rationale for this is that, well, um, the Scorpions, uh, it's like a parallel institution to the police.
Mcebisi NdletyanaGUEST
Um, they cite some old, uh, argument that, uh, at some point, uh, it was said that you sh- can't have parallel state institutions, which is something the Constitutional Court had, had struck down a lot earlier, saying what the Constitution really meant was that you can't have separate...
Mcebisi NdletyanaGUEST
Because we are just coming out of '94, so you had multiple, um, police forces in the Bantustans and all that.
Mcebisi NdletyanaGUEST
Um, that's what really it meant.
Mcebisi NdletyanaGUEST
So the argument was just false.
Mcebisi NdletyanaGUEST
They just created an excuse to go for the Scorpions.
Graeme RaubenheimerHOST
This week, he quit the force after nearly 40 years, just as his internal SA Police Service disciplinary hearing got underway, and now slightly older corruption claims are coming back to bite him.
Graeme RaubenheimerHOST
As News24's Evan Pillay reports, with nearly 40 years of law enforcement service, the SAPS says Sibiya's exit, because of its timing, is what it calls a, quote-unquote, "dishonorable discharge." Holding a CV showing experience at the former anti-corruption busters, The Scorpions, as well as a stint at Interpol and years under the belt at Hawks, all according to a statement Sibiya himself signed and submitted to Parliament, the ex-top cop appeared in a court of law for the very first time this week as an unemployed South African.
Graeme RaubenheimerHOST
Now, he formally denies any criminality, despite an investigating officer testifying that Sibiya wanted more sexually explicit materials from a 16-year-old girl he allegedly groomed for sex.
Graeme RaubenheimerHOST
Prosecutors also allege that Sibiya called the so-called Mr. M, the girl's father, trying to intimidate him, whilst another policeman, it's claimed, leaked critical case information to Sibiya.