One too many celebrities have been murdered and netzines blame the inkabi industry. Image via Twitter @akaworldwide/ via GettyImages
‘Mzansi is scary, no ways’: Tweeps on the Inkabi Industry [watch]
DJ Sumbody, AKA, and Lucky Dube are some of Mzansi’s musicians that were gunned down. Fans blammed their murders on Inkabi.
One too many celebrities have been murdered and netzines blame the inkabi industry. Image via Twitter @akaworldwide/ via GettyImages
Many South Africans have said that they are living in fear as the Inkabi industry continues to take lives of many locals in Mzansi; the growing murders of celebrities have prompted Twitter users to speak about the Inkabi industry as they wished that the dangerous and illegal industry would be stopped once and for all.
RIP: CELEBRITIES WHOSE LIVES WERE CUT SHORT BY SHOOTERS
Most recently, Kiernan Jarryd Forbes, popularly known for his stage name, AKA, was assassinated outside Wish On Florida on 10 February. The killer seen in a leaked CCTV footage doing the rounds online had netizens in raged after watching the killer take a close shot at the late rapper’s head in plain sight.
News24 reported Oupa John Sefoka, also known as DJ Sumbody took a hail of bullets resulting to the end of his life on 20 November last year. According to Aljazeera, he was killed alongside his body guard in a drive-by shooting.
Lucky Dube was also killed in 2007. The reggae singer was reportedly dropping off his teenage son at a relative’s home when he was gunned down at close range in what was reported as a botched hijacking.
According to TimesLIVE, a Durban’s hitmen-for-hire charges based on the prominence of the person who would be killed. The prices range from R10 000 to R500 000. They also estimated that a hit on a prominent person like AKA would probably cost R250 000.
CHECK OUT COMMENTS FROM TWITTER USERS ABOUT THE INKABI INDUSTRY
“The Fact that inkabis are interviewed and it’s normal is exactly what’s sick about this country,” @Thano0053 commented.
“I tweet that before bro. In big countries, contract killers are hiding and it’s a big secret. But here, live on national TELEVISION, [media] giving them interviews whilst authorities are WATCHING, @RakeemC replied.
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