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It’s Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes’s memorial today.

The South African rapper was gunned down alongside his friend Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane on Florida Road in Durban over the past weekend.

After his death, rumours swelled about a possible hit being ordered on him.

Despite Anele Tembe’s family speaking out earlier this week against these rumours that they had ordered a hit on the rapper for allegedly killing their daughter, it seems they actually do think that AKA pushed Anele off the balcony of their hotel room at the Pepper Club hotel in Cape Town two years ago.

The Tembes also believe that AKA left Anele for dead, even as she lay alive for 20 minutes after she landed on the ground, deciding instead to clean the blood in the hotel room and then going ahead to party with his friends after her passing.

The blood, they argue, indicated that there was an assault on Anele prior to her killing.

These gruelling details and claims are contained in a damning letter that was written on behalf of the family by their lawyers TM Incorporated Attorneys.

The letter was addressed to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in the Western Cape after it declined to prosecute the rapper following an investigation into Anele’s death in June last year, City Press reported:

The letter was written two weeks after the Tembe family was informed in a meeting with the NPA that they would not be prosecuting Forbes.

In the letter, the lawyers tell the prosecuting authority that the Tembes did not agree with the NPA’s decision not to prosecute the rapper, stating that there was ample evidence to go ahead with prosecuting him.

The family argued in the letter that the decision by the NPA was based on a fabricated statement made by a receptionist at the hotel as well as a made-up story told by AKA:

“The call that Forbes made to the reception was made after Anele Tembe had already landed on the ground. The video footage that captured her fall records a time that is prior to the call that Forbes made to the reception of the hotel. The evidence in the form of the record of the call and the video footage, which are contained in the docket were shockingly ignored. The receptionist is easily contradicted by that.”

The family also stated that the investigators ignored a statement by a crucial witness, Rob Stefanutto:

The family said during the argument “the lady, who later turned out to be Anele Tembe, was heard desperately asking the attacker, being male, to leave her alone. Moments thereafter Stefanutto heard Anele Tembe drop, he then administered CPR on her”.

They also referenced evidence of self-defence from Anele:

“The scratch marks on Forbes body, specifically at the back, which scratch marks were defensive marks, in an upward direction, indicating that Forbes was carrying Anele on his shoulders while she attempted to defend herself. The scratch marks are indicative that Forbes threw her over the balcony,” the letter reads.

Glaringly, they also mentioned that there were no fingerprints on the balustrade of the balcony, proving further that she was likely pushed.

They also pointed out that the distance at which she landed suggests a push rather than a jump.

Sources claimed that a warrant had been issued for AKA’s arrest, however, the NPA told IOL that the case was registered as an inquest docket and no warrant of arrest was ever issued.

AKA will be laid to rest this weekend.

[sources:iol&citypress]