SOUTH AFRICAN HIP HOP ARTIST MURDERED BY HIS GIRLFRIEND

Flabba the former girlfriend of South African rapper Nkululeko Habedi, has been found guilty of his murder. She was convicted of pre-meditated murder.

According to prosecutors, Sindisiwe Manqele was jealous of seeing him talking to an ex-lover and stabbed him through the chest after a heated row.

He died at his home in a Johannesburg township on 9 March.J udge Solly Sithole said Manqele admitted under cross-examination that she had intentionally killed her boyfriend, even though she had pleaded not guilty to murder.She said she had killed him in self-defence.

Out of 17 witnesses, Manqele was the only one who could give the court clear details of what happened on the night Habedi was killed, Judge Sithole said on Wednesday

Mr Habedi was a member of Skwatta Kamp who are considered the pioneers of South African hip hop.

BBC reports that Manqele sobbed uncontrollably when the judge read out the verdict.

Skwatta Kamp, founded in 1996, had hits such as uMoya and Clap Song.