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South Africa mourns AKA

From humble beginnings to hitmaker

To many, he was a hip hop star, a hitmaker and timeless musician, but to Sandré van Dyk, Kiernan “AKA” Forbes will always be the quiet and well-behaved little boy in her Sub A class at Holy Cross in Bellville in 1994.

Van Dyk met the 6-year-old AKA in January 1994, and beams with joy as she remembers him. She said she remembers when

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