WATCH: Major breakthrough in AKA murder case as Ndimande brothers extradited to South Africa

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Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande have been brought back to South Africa to face charges over the 2023 murder of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and his friend Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane.

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The long-awaited extradition of brothers Siyabonga Gezani and Malusi David Ndimande, linked to the murders of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane, has been finalised.

A tight security cordon is around the Ndimande brothers as they leave King Shaka International airport in shackles, heading to Durban Central police station, before their expected appearance at the Durban Magistrates Court on Tuesday
A tight security cordon is around the Ndimande brothers as they leave King Shaka International airport in shackles, heading to Durban Central police station, before their expected appearance at the Durban Magistrates Court on Tuesday
A tight security cordon is around the Ndimande brothers as they leave King Shaka International airport in shackles, heading to Durban Central police station, before their expected appearance at the Durban Magistrates Court on Tuesday
A tight security cordon is around the Ndimande brothers as they leave King Shaka International airport in shackles, heading to Durban Central police station, before their expected appearance at the Durban Magistrates Court on Tuesday
Five of the seven suspects arrested in connection with the murders of AKA and Tibz in the Durban Magistrate’s Court.

After months of legal delays and a withdrawn appeal in Eswatini, the pair were handed over to South African authorities in a high-security Interpol-led operation. They arrived at King Shaka International Airport in Durban on Tuesday and were due to have since appeared in the Durban Magistrate’s Court to face charges of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition.

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Kiernan "AKA" Forbes, the late South African rapper who was assassinated on February at Florida Road, Durban.
Tebello "Tibz" Motsoane, the friend of AKA who murdered alongside AKA on February at Florida Road in Durban.
Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande at Eswatini court. The duo was arrested at Mbabane in February for the murder of Kiernan Forbes and Tebello Motsoane in Durban, Florida Road.