SA Police Service Organised Crime Unit officer Sergeant Fannie Nkosi testifying at the Madlanga Judicial Commission of Inquiry.
Image: Oupa Mokoena / Independent Newspapers
Gauteng Organised Crime Unit officer Sergeant Fannie Nkosi has revealed his involvement in the investigation into the murders of rapper Kiernan "AKA" Forbes and his friend Tebello "Tibz" Motsoane in Durban in February 2023.
Chief evidence leader at the Madlanga Judicial Commission of Inquiry, Advocate Matthew Chaskalson SC, asked Nkosi why he shared the video of the rapper’s murder with an individual identified as Mr Sibanda.
“Do you recognise what that video is, filmed (on the footage)? And what, whose murder was being shown there?” Chaskalson asked.
After initially requesting to write down his response, the police officer said: “Okay, but it's already there. It was AKA and Tebello,”
He identified the murder depicted in the footage as that of AKA and his friend.
Asked where he received the video footage from, Nkosi said: “According to me, it was all over the news.”
Chaskalson continued to probe further: “The footage itself, you could pull it down off the internet. Why did you send it to Mr Sibanda?”
Nkosi said it was because he was talking about it with Mr Sibanda.
He explained that Motsoane was a friend of a nephew of another individual identified as Mr Mthakathi, and as a result, Sibanda knew him.
Nkosi said he was involved in the investigation of the double murder but was coy on revealing what his probe revealed.
He said he was not at liberty to tell the commission what has been discovered in those investigations and what they revealed.
“I can't know as in now (as) I left that investigation at the early stage,” Nkosi explained.
He continued: “When I shared this video, I was not yet involved in that case. But I was sharing it on the basis that Mr Sibanda is also close to Mr Mthakathi.”
According to Nkosi, he was working hand in glove with the KwaZulu-Natal police, and the matter was investigated by the Organised Crime Unit.
He added that he was assigned by his boss to the matter.
Seven suspects are facing trial for the murders on Florida Road in Durban, including the Ndimande brothers, Siyabonga Gezani and Malusi Dave, who were extradited from eSwatini. Other co-accused are Lindokuhle Thabani Mkhwanazi, Lindani Zenzele Ndimande, Siyanda Eddie Myeza, Mziwethemba Harvey Gwabeni, and Lindokuhle Lindo Ndimande.
The case has been postponed to June 19, 2026, to allow for the parties to address further pre-trial issues, and the trial dates are July 20 to August 21, as well as October 5 to November 6.
Nkosi is expected to resume his testimony on Monday.
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