Cape Town — Mziwethemba Gwabeni, the man who the state has alleged ordered the hit on Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane, has questioned why no one has arrested the mastermind who paid him R800 000.
The suspects returned to the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Monday to continue their bail application and Gwabeni has been tipped as the man who orchestrated the hit on AKA and Tibz and the state alleged that R800 000 was paid for all five suspects involvement in the murders.
Both Gwabeni and Lindani Zenzele Ndimande were given a chance to respond to the allegations linking them to the murders, according to the affidavit of investigating officer, Kumarasan Pillay, reported by IOL.
In an affiddavit read to the court, Gwabeni said when he was paid the R800 000 by Mfundo Gcaba, it was referenced as “consult” to disguise the nature of the funds. He also alleged that if the payment was for the murders, then Gcaba should have been arrested too.
“If the State honestly believes this and if it had any evidence, not conjecture, then I would have expected that Mfundo Gcaba would have been arrested and would have been a co-accused,” he said.
The bail application of five suspects who are accused of the murders of Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes and Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane resumed today in the Durban Magistrate’s Court however was then postponed to May 6 for arguments. Last week, one of the accused, Lindokuhle Mkhwanazi, told the… pic.twitter.com/e04tmXiyEj
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The Gcaba family said the money was paid for business purposes and remained concerned why authorities have not approached him to hear his side of the story. Gwabeni added that the reason Gcaba has not been arrested is because the State has no evidence against him except for the payment for services rendered.
According to The Citizen, Lindokuhle Mkhwanazi and Lindokuhle Ndimande also had their affidavits heard in the court after “mistakes” in their previous submission.
Mkhwanazi claimed that an investigating officer did not verify his identity when the official told the court that he saw him [Mkhwanazi] brandish and show off a rifle and accused the officer of committing perjury.
Ndimande, meanwhile, amended his affidavit, telling the court that the R33 000 he had previously said was for isiphekiso [a wedding gift] was for buying cattle. He said the cattle were to be raised in his homestead and later sold by him and co-accused Gwabeni.
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