Scharnick arrested for intimidating journalist at Madlanga Commission
Stuart James Scharnick, a businessman and associate of suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya, has been arrested after a journalist covering the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry laid intimidation charges against him.
Scharnick allegedly confronted the journalist at the Commission’s hearings after the journalist recorded him during a tea break.
WATCH | Sowetan journalist Herman Moloi details why he laid a charge of intimidation against Stuart Scharnick after an alleged incident on the sidelines of the Madlanga Commission. pic.twitter.com/INkcM0FYbb — SABC News (@SABCNews) August 20, 2026
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