The vehicles which were used by the assassins of Kiernan Jarryd Forbes, affectionately known by his stage name AKA, have been found.
This is according to Minister of Police Bheki Cele in a wide-ranging briefing on the outcomes of the ANC national executive committee meeting at the weekend.
“We have found the cars that were used by the suspects on the night of AKA’s shooting, Cele told the media at Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg on Monday.
He said AKA’s murder is one of high-profile murder cases that the police are investigating, noting that the investigating team has promised to deal with it properly.
“The gun and the people [implicated in the shooting] have [also] been located,” said the minister of police.
Sunday World reported in September that police had identified the murder weapon.
Addressing the media at the time, KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi said AKA’s murder happened in a public place, therefore many people were involved and many phone calls happened on the night of the shooting.
AKA, alongside his friend Tibz, was shot several times outside the Wish restaurant on Florida Road in Durban early in February.
Still lots of footage to be analysed
Mkhwanazi said there is lots of footage that must analysed, noting that more than 25 cellphones still need to be checked.
Cele also briefed the media about the interventions that police are making to tackle illegal mining in some parts of the country, and said Home Affairs is working closely with police to deport undocumented foreigners within 48 hours of detention.
He said: “We have activated operations and located the special tactical response teams. These operations are costly, as we need to shift and allocate men in blue to the areas that they will operate in for an effective outcome.
“We have seen results over a space of time. We have activated an operation in Riverlea, and Welkom was flooded with Zama Zamas but it has gone quiet since our work there.
“This Zama Zama thing was long identified, and in 2011 it was something we could handle.”
Joining Cele at the briefing was Polly Boshielo, chair of the NEC sub-committee on peace and stability.
Boshielo said the SA National Defence Force will be integrated into the security of the country’s borders to ensure that the newly launched Border Management Agency works in an efficient manner.
“As the sub-committee, we are working in a very coordinated fashion with all departments in the security cluster to combat crime and build stability in our country,” Boshielo said.
“This includes Operation Shanela, where the SAPS [SA Police Service] and other members of the JCPS [justice, crime prevention and security cluster] are working tirelessly to combat crime in our streets.”
