‘Rehab is not like home which is like jail’: ‘Missing’ Longwe returns

After dissappear for approximately six months, a source has told Zimoja that child star Longwe Twala is back home.

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PRODIGAL SON RETURNS

Longwe, the son of legendary musician and producer Chicco Twala, is said to have left home before Christmas as he hated living under his father’s authority.

The source says that Chicco was fuming as Longwe had gone back to drugs.

“Longwe told us he was no longer interested in staying with Chicco. He said his father liked controlling his movements. He said that he had been to rehab more than a dozen times, and found that the rehab is not like his father’s home, which is like jail,” said the source.

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Another source said that Chicco has tried all he can to help Longwe fight his drug addiction, but has failed.

Chicco confirmed knowing his son’s whereabouts, saying he is in Glenvista, south of Joburg, where he now stays with his mother, Thembi Twala. Thembi and Chicco, who also share another son, Twala Twala, are divorced.

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SENZO MEYIWA MURDER TRIAL: POLICE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR LONGWE TWALA

In November last year, outside the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, Chicco told journalist Motso Modise that the police have been looking for his son.

Longwe is one of the witnesses who is implicated and accused of pulling the trigger on the night Senzo Meyiwa was shot and killed. The accusations were revealed last November by defence counsel for accused number one to four, Timothy Thobane, who said Meyiwa’s friend, Tumelo Madlala, had made them in a statement.

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The Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana goalkeeper was murdered on 26 October 2014 at the home of his then-girlfriend Kelly Khumalo in Vosloorus, Gauteng.

“Chicco Twala says police have been struggling to find Longwe recently as he has been in rehab. He says police have been calling him in order to find Longwe.

“Chicco says Longwe is now out of rehab and is getting ready to take the witness stand.”

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