{
  "id": 14123735,
  "title": "Popular musician faces charges of possession of unlicensed firearm and ammunition",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/popular-musician-faces-charges-of-possession-of-unlicensed-firearm",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T04:49:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/courts/popular-musician-faces-charges-possession-unlicensed-firearm-ammunition/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Limpopo-based musician Nkgodisheng Paul Madubanya, known by his stage name \"Tsaka RSA,\" faces legal troubles after a police operation at his home in Polokwane. At 29, Madubanya appeared before the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 12 October 2026, charged with possessing an unlicensed firearm and ammunition. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson, Mashudu Malabi, announced that the case has been adjourned to 19 October 2026 for a formal bail application due to the ongoing proceedings.\n\nPolice received information on 09 October 2026, leading them to Tsaka RSA's residence in Rethabile Gardens. Upon arrival, they allegedly discovered the musician in possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition, resulting in his arrest. The case now rests with the court, and no further details can be disclosed at this stage.\n\nSimultaneously, the murder trial of Kiernan \"AKA\" Forbes and Tebello \"Tibz\" Motsoane commenced in the Durban High Court on Monday. The proceedings faced a three-hour delay as the State presented a key witness, Siyanda Eddie Myeza, a former Saps Tactical Response Team (TRT) member. Myeza testified that he led the operation resulting in Myeza's arrest in Umlazi's L Section in April 2023 on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition. Myeza denied being in possession of a firearm at the time of his arrest, which occurred just two months after AKA and Tibz were killed outside a popular restaurant on Durban’s Florida Road on 10 February 2023.",
  "summary": "The accused remains in custody.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}