South African musician Nkululeko Habedi, popularly known as Flabba was stabbed to death today, March 9,2015 in his home in Alexandra, Johannesburg, by his girlfriend.
This happened in the early hours of Monday morning after a heated argument with the girlfriend around 2:00am, Flabba's brother woke as a result of the noise, found his brother stabbed in the heart.
Women with shawls over their shoulders keep trooping into his house on Third Street since the tragic incident.
Some women stood with their hands on their cheeks, the men with folded arms and bowed heads.
"It is sad Nkululeko is no more," said one woman who identified herself only as Tiny. She said they were shocked by Habedi's death.
"Look how people have come to pay their respects to him. To us he was not a famous musician, he was our child. He grew up and played with our children."
Childhood friend Mokotedi Mpshane said Flabba was a down-to-earth person and this had helped his music.
"We will sit around and chat. The next thing he would tell you that you just gave him lyrics for his songs," he said laughing.
"That was Flabba for you. He was a kasi [township] boy living a kasi life."
His girlfriend has been arrested, said SAPA.
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