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My daughter was not suicidal – Nelli Tembe’s dad

My daughter was not suicidal – Nelli Tembe’s dad

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER MOSES Tembe, the father of Anele Nelli Tembe, who fell to her death from the 10th floor of Cape Town hotel, said she was not suicidal. Nelli, 22, was engaged to rap star AKA, real name Kiernan Forbes, the last person to see her alive. Nellie was laid to rest in Durban yesterday. In a letter read at her emotional, yet elegant funeral, Tembe said: “I hereby categorically state that Anele was neither suicidal nor did she commit suicide.” Tembe, in a letter read by businessman Sandile Zungu on his behalf, said South Africans had to deal,…
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‘We are Nelli Tembe, and she is us’

‘We are Nelli Tembe, and she is us’

AFRICA MIRROR REPORTER THE tragic death of 22-year-old Anele Nelli Tembe, the fiance of rap superstar AKA has brought into sharp focus the plight of millions of South Africans battling with mental health. Tembe fell to her death from the 10th floor of a hotel in Cape Town on Saturday, leaving AKA and her family devastated. Yesterday, many South Africans who struggle with and manage depression and other mental ailments on a daily basis, took to social media not only to identify with Tembe but to push for the destigmatization of mental health. The social media movement came on the…
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