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Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner General Shadrack Sibiya testifying at the Madlanga Commission.
Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner General Shadrack Sibiya has testified before the Madlanga Commission that attempted murder accused Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala paid for General Khosi Senthumule’s Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL).
His testimony corroborates that of General Rachel Matjeng, who also testified that Matlala paid for a BBL procedure for an SAPS officer.
Sibiya has testified that Senthumule’s assertion that she has no association with Matlala is simply untrue, as she personally benefited from him.
“I think we had a witness here that spoke about certain senior managers who received BBL. In my case, I said that because I worked with her every day … I had to give her time off sometimes because she could not sit, not even in the car, not even in the office, because she could not work. She always had to be standing the whole day because she was not supposed to sit. I even advised her to work from home,” says Sibiya.
Madlanga Commission of Inquiry Day 63 | Thursday, 19 February 2026:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS5w4oy2J5E
Meanwhile, Sibiya has furnished the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry with recordings of a conversation between him and Divisional Commissioner for Detective and Forensic Services, Lieutenant-General Hilda Senthumule.
General Sibiya says he recorded the conversations to avoid allegations of intimidation arising from the call.
Sibiya, who has been giving testimony before the commission in Pretoria for the second consecutive day, prefaced the playing of the recording.
“On numerous occasions, during telephonic conversations between General Senthumule and me, she was openly critical of the PKTT [Political Killings Task Team]. Especially, I recall a particular phone conversation in which General Senthumule expressed the view that the PKTT was untouchable, and alleged that in her opinion, the task team was being used to siphon the budget allocated to it. She further indicated that she did not believe that the PKTT was genuinely engaged in effective policing or delivering meaningful investigative outcomes,” explains Sibiya.
