
Prominent South African businessman and Anele “Nelli” Tembe’s father, Moses, has set the record straight on circumstances surrounding her death.
It would be recalled that the 22-year-old, who was engaged to rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes, died on Sunday morning, April 11, after apparently falling from the 10th floor of the Pepperclub Hotel in Cape Town.
Nellie is being laid to rest at the Durban International Conference Centre on today, Friday April 16. Her body has arrived in Durban on Thursday.
The funeral service is currently being streamed on YouTube for fans and friends to pay their last respects.
A letter from Moses was read out by businessman Sandile Zungu, who said the letter was a reflection of a “heartbroken father”.
“As Anele’s father, I categorically state that Anele was neither suicidal nor did she commit suicide. We must as a matter of priority deal with the scourge that bedevils our youth. Alcohol which is overused and drugs. Fellow South Africans we better wake up and smell the coffee, we have a serious problem with substance abuse.” he wrote.
“I cannot allow an unfortunate narrative to go unchallenged, a narrative that irks me to no end … that is ‘Anele was chronically suicidal’. All I can say is, until Anele turned 21, not a single member of her family, my family would have associated her with suicide.”

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