Extradited Ndimande brothers to face justice on SA soil
A high-risk police team have arrived at the King Shaka Airport in KwaZulu-Natal with the extradited Ndimande brothers.
The murder-accused Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande departed King Mswati International Airport in eSwatini under heavy guard on Tuesday morning.
The pair face multiple murder charges, including the killing of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and his friend Tebello "Tibz" Motsoane.
The brothers were arrested in eSwatini last year, weeks before five other suspects were taken into custody, for the 2023 murders of AKA and Motsoane.
South Africa applied to have the brothers brought to Durban to stand trial with the other suspects.
The brothers have been fighting an eSwatini court decision granting that application, but abandoned their appeal last month.
Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe welcomed the extradition and confirmed the brothers are expected to make a court appearance in Durban on Tuesday.
Mathe said they are facing 24 charges in three cases.
“The first case being the murder of a taxi boss in Amanzimtoti in 2022. The second case being the murders of AKA and Tibz. And the third case being the murder of a driver of a taxi boss, as well as the attempted murder of his wife.
“They will be processed, we will take their fingerprints, and they will then be taken to a local station where they will be charged, processed, and then thereafter they will be taken to court where they will appear before a magistrate. It is quite a significant moment for us.”
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