Chicco Twala calls his son Longwe Twala a druggy and thief
Chicco Twala sets the record straight about his son, Longwe Twala’s involvement in Senzo Meyiwa’s death.
The music producer addressed the accusation after he locked up his son in jail for stealing from him.
While the music legend was abroad, Longwe alongside his brother Sello Twala emptied their father’s house, stealing equipment worth more than R200,000.
Addressing the media in court, Chicco said, “The action I took now I took as a responsible parent. My son has been having problems with drugs from way back when he was about 17 years old. So now he is 39 and he is still the same. Nothing has changed. He’s been stealing from me, he’s been doing a lot of stuff. He’s been to more than 30 rehab centres. We’ve tried to assist him as a family, we tried everything we could and he doesn’t want to change.”
Chicco said he later accepted Longwe after his sister brought him back home from rehab.
“I had a meeting with them because the other one, Longwe, just came back from rehab. He was looking good, he was OK. We spoke and we said he must focus on his career. He is an old man, he must be responsible and take care of the business we had. He promised. I accepted him. My sister brought him and said he’s back now and he’s OK.”
“I came back on the 24th and found a lot of my stuff was missing and he was nowhere to be seen. Then I decided enough was enough. It’s time for him to be disciplined for his actions. One thing for sure is I want the law to take its cause.”
Chicco Twala denies hiding his son in prison because of Senzo’s murder trial.
“It’s my son, even if it was not a Senzo Meyiwa issue I would be doing the same thing. This has nothing to do with Senzo.”
