A certain businessman, who is a member of a powerful South African family based in Kwazulu Natal, has been linked to the murder of popular rapper AKA.

AKA, whose real name Kiernan Forbes, and his close friend, Tibz Motsoane, were gunned down outside a restaurant in Durban on 10 February last year.

The BBC says a statement presented to court by the investigating officer shows that a company owned by businessman Sydney Mfundo Gxaba allegedly sent 800,000 rand to the bank account of one of the suspects currently on trial over the rapper’s killing.

The payment was allegedly made a day after AKA’s murder.

A motive for his alleged involvement in AKA’s murder is yet to be established.

Source: BBC