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SOUTH AFRICA – The five men accused of being behind the murder of South African rapper AKA, are set to continue their stay in prison, with the Magistrate hearing their bail application deciding that it would be reckless and irresponsible to release them as they had a case to answer to.
The family of slain South African rapper AKA has slammed a book that purportedly details his tumultuous relationship with his late fiancé, Anele Tembe, describing the expose as “distasteful and opportunistic”.
Moses Tembe, the father of slain rapper AKA’s fiancé Anele Tembe, has denied having a hand in the musician’s murder last year, saying that his family had been victims of a smear campaign by faceless people.
Anwar Khan, the long-time bodyguard of slain South African rapper AKA, is one of 15 people that have been arrested in connection with charges that include murder, attempted murder, fraud, corruption and racketeering at the University of Fort Hare.
South Africa’s influential Gcaba family has denied speculation that one of its members was involved in the murder of popular rapper AKA. AKA, real name Kiernan Forbes, and his close friend, Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane, were shot dead outside a restaurant in Durban in February last year.
Durban — While one of the “AKA” murder accused was behind bars, his pregnant wife fraudulently obtained a medical note that was used in her husband’s bail affidavit stating that he was asthmatic.
Two brothers who were allegedly part of the plot to assassinate South African rapper AKA made their first appearance in court on Tuesday, after their arrest in the Kingdom of Eswatini.
Tony Forbes, the father of slain South African rap superstar AKA believes that the true mastermind behind his son’s murder is yet to be apprehended, despite the arrest of seven men in connection with what is now widely thought to have been a hit on the musician.
Four vehicles and two firearms were seized by KwaZulu-Natal police in their bid to catch the suspects linked to the brazen killing of Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes and Tibz, real name, Tebello Motsoane in February last year.
Police in South Africa have said that some of the people suspected of being behind the murder of rapper AKA are behind bars, while a manhunt has been initiated to apprehend more suspects that are on the run.