DURBAN. – Video footage showing a grey BMW sedan allegedly driven by accused Mziwethemba Gwabeni following a luxury Hyundai carrying rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and his entourage is being played at the Durban High Court.
The footage was extracted by Constable Rajen Saunders on February 15, 2023, five days after Forbes and his friend, Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane, were shot dead outside Wish restaurant on Florida Road in Durban.
The footage shows a white Hyundai Staria entering the first tollgate on the N2 after leaving King Shaka International Airport. After the Hyundai carrying Forbes and his entourage passes through the tollgate, two other vehicles follow, with a third vehicle, allegedly the BMW driven by Gwabeni, also seen paying the toll.
BMW that was allegedly being driven by Mziwethemba Gwabeni following AKA and his crew.
Saunders testified that the BMW was travelling in the same lane as the vehicle carrying Forbes and his entourage. He identified Gwabeni, saying he had seen him previously in the cells at Durban Central police station and in video footage he had downloaded from various locations.
On Monday, the State played separate airport footage that allegedly shows Gwabeni following Forbes after the rapper landed in Durban.
In that footage, Forbes is seen walking with his entourage towards Europcar car rentals. A man wearing shorts and a jacket with black sleeves and a white section across the chest is seen walking some distance behind them, seemingly talking on his cellphone.
Saunders said the man driving the BMW in the tollgate footage was wearing a jacket similar to the one worn by the man seen following Forbes at the airport. – IOL
