General Mkhwanazi reveals more on AKA’s murder
The Police Commissioner of KwaZulu-Natal, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, announced that the inquiry into the slayings of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and his companion, chef Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane, is ongoing, and that additional arrests may be on the horizon.
This announcement was made on Tuesday, 11 November 2025, following the extradition of Siyabonga Gezani and Malusi David Ndimande, the brothers charged with significant involvement in the murders, who appeared briefly at the Durban Magistrate’s Court.
The court proceedings have been delayed until 25 November to allow for legal discussions.
In a media briefing after the court session, Mkhwanazi indicated that the police are continuing to gather evidence that could lead to more suspects being identified.
“Yeah. What we can tell you is that part of these seven, we did explain before that they play different roles. We know that there is a head who coordinated everything, and that person paid the entire group after the job, but he used his bank account to transfer money, and that’s a business account that he used,” he said.
According to Mkhwanazi, investigators are tracking financial transactions believed to link the suspected orchestrator, Mziwethemba Gwabeni, to other people who may have provided funding or influenced the plot.
“We are investigating further the linkages of his business account with other partners who transferred money into the business account.
So, we are identifying all those with whom he had a business interest that would have moved money into that account,” he continued.
He further noted that the police are examining whether individuals at a higher level were involved in orchestrating the murder.
“We are busy looking at those to establish exactly who above him might have requested, perhaps, to coordinate this operation. But until we have that evidence, there’s still a lot of investigation work that needs to be done to prove that there is a relationship that might be corrupt, if there is any, and then we’ll be able to move up the ladder, if need be,” Mkhwanazi said.
This update has rekindled public interest in the case, with many individuals in South Africa eager to see if the ongoing investigation will ultimately uncover those responsible for ordering the killings of AKA and Tibz in February 2023.
