'It was not my intention to disrespect Kiernan Forbes' legacy or to use him for cheap political point scoring.'
Days after being dragged on Twitter, businessman Vusi Thembekwayo has broken his silence to defend his comments about the failure to apprehend AKA's killers.Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes who was gunned down on February 10, Vusi took to his timeline suggesting that if the rapper was slain during apartheid, his killers would have been speedily arrested.
Responding to mounting criticism on his timeline, Vusi apologised to the Forbes family in a lengthy YouTube video.
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