No evidence links Gcaba to AKA’s murder – Police

Police probing the murder of rapper Kiernan Forbes, known by his stage name AKA, will not arrest KwaZulu-Natal businessman Mfundo Gcaba because they have no concrete evidence linking him to his assassination, according to a senior police investigator who did not want to be named.

Gwabeni, a taxi boss, is said to have received R800 000 to pay the hitmen who killed the two men.

 In their investigation, police said they discovered it was Gcaba who paid the staggering amount into Gwabeni’s account

A police officer privy to the details of the Forbes murder case said it was easy to link the seven accused to the murder because they had worked in cahoots and were also linked through telephone calls.

Also, said the cop, the accused had been charged together in other cases.

The cop, however, said currently, it was impossible to link Gcaba to the murders.

Asked why Gcaba had not been with other accused despite being mentioned in court, KwaZulu-Natal National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Natasha Ramkisson-Kara told Sunday World: “The matter is still under investigation, and we are not at liberty to comment.”