General Mkhwanazi hints at more arrests in ongoing AKA and Tibz murder investigation

General Mkhwanazi reveals more on AKA’s murder

KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has revealed that the investigation into the murders of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and his friend, celebrity chef Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane, is still active, and more arrests could soon follow.

His update came on Tuesday, 11 November 2025, shortly after Siyabonga Gezani and Malusi David Ndimande, the brothers accused of playing key roles in the killings. were extradited from Eswatini and appeared briefly at the Durban Magistrate’s Court.

Their case was postponed to 25 November to allow time for legal consultations.

Speaking to the media after the hearing, Mkhwanazi confirmed that the police are still piecing together evidence that could lead to additional suspects being brought in.

“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.

Mkhwanazi explained that investigators are now following a financial trail believed to connect the alleged coordinator, Mziwethemba Gwabeni, to other individuals who may have financed or influenced the operation.

“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 added that the police are focused on uncovering whether higher-level figures were involved in orchestrating the assassination.

“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.

The comments have reignited public interest in the high-profile case, with many South Africans hoping that the ongoing investigation will finally reveal who ordered the hit on AKA and Tibz back in February 2023.