AKA’s memorial kicks off

By Khulile Thwala

Family, friends and industry peers of the late South African Rapper, Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes have gathered to commemorate his life in Johannesburg before he is laid to rest over the weekend.

The memorial service is taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. It is a public event limited to 2 000 attendees in the venue following the issuing of free tickets to attend the memorial service.

He was killed outside a Durban eatery on Florida Road with his long-time friend, Tebello Tibz Motsoane last Friday. Online tickets for Forbes’s memorial service were sold out in a matter of hours, following confirmation on Tuesday from his family that a memorial service will be held on Friday.

SA media previously reported that South African police say evidence gathered so far leads them to believe his killing was an assassination. KwaZulu-Natal police chief Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi said the gunman had approached AKA from behind and shot him at close range on the side of his head.

“A second gunman then started firing to deter onlookers from responding to the hit,” he added. One of these rounds killed AKA’s friend, celebrity chef ‘Tibz’ Motsoane.