GAUTENG – A 44-year-old police sergeant, Amukelani Clifford Shisandaku attached to the Johannesburg central police station has appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday for alleged extortion and corruption charges.

It is reported that on Tuesday, 04 October 2022, the Sergeant attended a complaint of theft of R4000 in cash at a flat in the Johannesburg Central Business District (CBD). On arrival the police officer interviewed the landlord of the victims who had apparently lost the cash. He then ordered him to come with to the station, where he searched him and discovered R2500 in his possession. Despite protestation from the landlord that the money was his, the sergeant reportedly forced him to confess to the theft and insisted that he pay the alleged theft victims the balance immediately.   

Subsequently, the police officer reportedly demanded R5000 from the landlord in order to make the case go away. He demanded that the money be paid to him by the following day. The landlord agreed and consequently notified the Hawks’ Serious Corruption investigation team, which resulted in the arrest of the Shisandaku on Thursday, 06 October 2022, during a calculated operation.

The court has postponed the case to today for a bail application, whilst Shisandaku is remanded in custody.

Source: South African Police Service