The Johannesburg High Court will on Wednesday begin the process to sentence Sindisiwe Manqele for the murder of her rapper boyfriend Nkululeko “Flabba” Habedi.
Manqele‚ 26‚ was found guilty in December of murdering Habedi‚ 37‚ who was a member of hip-hop group Skwatta Kamp.
The sentencing proceedings start exactly a year after Habedi’s death. Manqele stabbed him in the chest on March 9 last year in his home in Alexandra‚ Johannesburg.
Manqele pleaded not guilty to murder‚ saying she acted in self-defence during a fight between the couple.
But Judge Solly Sithole ruled that her actions amounted to premeditated murder because she admitted to stabbing Habedi intentionally. Sithole said she had exceeded the limits of self-defence.
Manqele was granted bail in December pending her sentencing.
She was released after paying another R5000 in addition to her earlier R10000 bail and was subject to strict conditions‚ such as not being allowed to leave her home without the permission of the investigating officer.
She was also ordered to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet and report to a police station twice a week.
Flabba's murderer to be sentenced
Manqele‚ 26‚ was found guilty in December of murdering Habedi‚ 37‚ who was a member of hip-hop group Skwatta Kamp.
The sentencing proceedings start exactly a year after Habedi’s death. Manqele stabbed him in the chest on March 9 last year in his home in Alexandra‚ Johannesburg.
Manqele pleaded not guilty to murder‚ saying she acted in self-defence during a fight between the couple.
But Judge Solly Sithole ruled that her actions amounted to premeditated murder because she admitted to stabbing Habedi intentionally. Sithole said she had exceeded the limits of self-defence.
Manqele was granted bail in December pending her sentencing.
She was released after paying another R5000 in addition to her earlier R10000 bail and was subject to strict conditions‚ such as not being allowed to leave her home without the permission of the investigating officer.
She was also ordered to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet and report to a police station twice a week.
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