Nhlanhla Mabaso24 July 2025 | 9:42

AKA and Tibzs' murder trial: Media barred from filming, recording and photographing proceedings

The high-profile case is back in the Durban High Court for a pretrial conference on Thursday morning.

AKA and Tibzs' murder trial: Media barred from filming, recording and photographing proceedings

FILE: Fans fashion a shrine for Kiernan 'AKA' Forbes and Tebello 'Tibz' Motsoane where they were shot and killed on Florida Road, Durban 10 February 2023. Picture: Nhlanhla Mabaso/Eyewitness News

JOHANNESBURG - Journalists have been barred from filming, recording and photographing proceedings in the murder case of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and businessman Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane

The high-profile case is back in the Durban High Court for a pretrial conference on Thursday morning.

Five men are set to appear in court for the 023 murder of aka and Motsoane, who were gunned down on Durban’s popular Florida Road 

Judge Jacqueline Henriques has provided no reasons for the decision to bar media from recording Thursday's proceedings.