Cape Town – Slain South African hip-hop artist Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes was laid to rest at the private Westpark cemetery after he was gunned down outside a restaurant on Florida Road in Durban earlier this month.
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Kiernan Forbes, popularly known as AKA, has been laid to rest following a private ceremony at the Westpark Cemetery in Johannesburg. #AKAFuneral #sabcnews pic.twitter.com/ChV9zTfkyQ
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The mystery of how the tombstone disappeared has been plaguing fans of the late rapper.
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According to The Citizen, however, fans need not be worried, as the family is well aware of its disappearance. Josh Kenp, the Operations Manager at Authentic Stones revealed that the tombstone had been removed to prevent it from sinking into the ground.
“The family is very much aware that the tombstone was removed after the burial.
“The tombstone was only at the funeral on Saturday for unveiling purposes, hence it was removed afterwards,” Kenp was quoted as saying.
“Once the burial is over, we still need to lay a concrete foundation then we install the tombstone on top of the concrete foundation, otherwise if we installed the tombstone on Saturday, the tombstone would have sunk,” the report quoted Kenp as saying.
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Kenp said different rules apply to have different cemeteries, The South African reported.
“At the Westpark Cemetery where AKA has been laid to rest, you can’t do the installation directly after the funeral and you are not allowed to do installations on Saturdays, so we have to install it during the week where we will lay concrete foundation as the burial is already done.
“But because the cemetery gave us special permission to install the tombstone of the late legend immediately, this is why we will install it back again either this week or next week,” Kenp was quoted as saying.
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