{"id":96051,"date":"2026-02-19T10:53:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/sibiya-claims-mk-party-behind-reputation-damage-attempts"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:09:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:09:28","slug":"sibiya-claims-mk-party-behind-reputation-damage-attempts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/sibiya-claims-mk-party-behind-reputation-damage-attempts","title":{"rendered":"Sibiya Claims MK Party Behind Reputation Damage Attempts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya claims the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party are behind attempts to damage his reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Testifying before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday, Sibiya accused former President Jacob Zuma\u2019s party of being the driving force behind KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi\u2019s explosive 6 July 2025 briefing.<\/p>\n<p>Mkhwanazi accused the criminal justice system in Gauteng of being captured by drug cartels and questionable businessmen.<\/p>\n<p>Sibiya believes the MK Party has a hand to play in politicising the South African Police Service (SAPS).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe same MK statement is being used by a Brigadier Kunene to apply for a search warrant when my house was raided. The same MK is the one that also came and marched against me at head office. As I\u2019m sitting in the office, you hear people toyi-toying in the street &#8211; it\u2019s MK Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He claims MK Party members threatened to incite violence should anything happen to Mkhwanazi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou get TikTok messages that say, \u2018you touch Mkhwanazi, you touch us, you will see another July unrest that you never had\u2019. There were such messages that would come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya claims the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party are behind attempts to damage his reputation. Testifying before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday, Sibiya accused former President Jacob Zuma\u2019s party of being the driving force behind KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi\u2019s explosive 6 July 2025 briefing. 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