AKA’s interview may have cleared him

JOHANNESBURG Rapper AKA’s interview with Thembekile Mrototo may have gotten him off the hook in the investigation into Nellie Tembe’s death.

Of particular interest to the National Prosecuting Authority ( NPA) was t he fact t hat AKA detailed various instances when Nellie tried to take her own life in the interview.

Instances such as her attempt to end her life at a hotel in Durban, the time AKA alleges Nellie tried to jump out of a moving car and the various videos that were leaked in the days following Nellie’s death. The rapper addresses the instances where Nellie tried to take her own life in his interview shortly after his fiancee’s death.

This is according to a recent report by City Press about the NPA’s request for further investigation by the police.

Nellie died t hree months ago after allegedly jumping from the 10th floor of The Pepper Club Hotel i n Cape Town while on a trip with her fiance

Kiernan ‘ AKA’ Forbes.

The report cites deficiencies in the investigation identified by the NPA.

The i nvestigation was concluded by the South African Police Service ( SAPS) on May 25, three days after the rapper’s interview aired.

City Press cited a source close to the NPA who explained that the NPA sent the docket back to Saps for further investigation due to the fact that the initial inquest was conducted as though it was a murder investigation with AKA as a prime suspect. The source also said statements made by AKA during the interview were also viewed in the context of this type of investigation.