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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.
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.
DJ Zinhle has spoken about the pain of trying to help her daughter, Kairo, come to terms with the murder of her father, as they celebrated what would have been his 36th birthday on 28 January.
South African Police Minister Bheki Cele has claimed that friends of slain rapper AKA were part of the conspiracy to murder him, as he revealed that the police were getting ever closer to pinpointing the masterminds behind the gruesome crime.
Police in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, have said they are making progress in attempts to find the killers of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and his friend Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane, with one gun that was used in the crime having already been found.
Three of the four men arrested as part of investigations into the murder of slain SA rapper, Kiernan AKA Forbes, have been released. Only one man is now expected to stand in the dock at the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Thursday on a charge of car-jacking.
A group of five men, apprehended by police in connection with the murder of Kiernan “AKA” Forbes, are expected to travel from Cape Town to KwaZulu-Natal where they will be further questioned. The arrests were made by specialised policing units at the weekend.
Netwerk24 reports that “three men were taken in for questioning in Belhar on the Cape Flats at the weekend and that “the area is well-known territory of the 27s number gang.” KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Col Robert Netshiunda still insists there is “no update on the AKA matter” but sources speaking to the media indicate “10 detectives were assigned to investigate the case” and they had made a breakthrough.
KwaZulu-Natal police have refused to confirm reports by IOL that three suspects are in custody for the murder of award winning rapper Kiernan Forbes, also known as AKA, and said they will keep the public informed of any developments surrounding the case.
Zimbabwean-South African rapper and television personality Nadia Nakai is struggling to come to terms with the tragic gunning down of her boyfriend Kiernan “AKA” Forbes over a month ago in Durban and says she has a hole in her heart that’s not healing.