On 10 February, rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes was murdered in cold blood outside Wish Restaurant on Florida Road in Durban in the presence of his team and bodyguards. The two gunmen, who opened fire in full view of CCTV cameras, also shot and killed celebrity chef and author Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane.

In an interview that was aired on Tuesday, 21 March, on the eTV show called My Guest Tonight with Annika Larsen, the slain musician’s bodyguard Anwar “Dogg” Khan opened up about that fateful night, revealing what happened in his absence. Dogg is the owner of the Pentagon Group bodyguard service and had been protecting AKA for the past eight years whenever the musician was in Durban.

 

 

 

 

However, during his final visit to the KwaZulu-Natal city, Dogg was already booked to provide security to US rapper Abbas “Bas” Hamad, who was in South Africa at the time. As a result, he assigned one of his employees to protect the Last Time rapper. Dogg has provided VIP security for international stars Oprah Winfrey, Snoop Dogg, Alicia Keys, Kendrick Lamar, the late Michael Jackson and many others.Speaking to Larsen, he explained that there were no plans for AKA to go to Florida Road that night and he would’ve prevented him from going. 90% of our work is the manner in which we move. It’s the planning, how you pre-plan, how you schedule your timing and placing of yourself and the person [you are protecting],” he told Larsen.