When Love Kills The Tragic Tale of AKA and Anele
Melinda Ferguson
When Love Kills is the tragic story of Kieran Forbes, the hip hop star AKA, whose highly public life unravelled when he embarked on an obsessive relationship with 21-year-old Anele Tembe. When she “fell” to her death from the 10th storey of the Pepper Club in April 2021, after a long night of heated arguing, details would emerge that showed the couple had been caught up in a whirlwind of toxic obsession, alleged substance abuse and violence.
Then in February 2023, the nation woke up to the news that AKA had been gunned down in cold blood in Anele’s hometown, Durban. Many believed it was a hit to avenge her death.
Over the following weeks the assassination of AKA would become the biggest social media story since the Oscar Pistorious trial in 2014.
This torrid tale is a lot like an ill-fated modern day Romeo and Juliet, epic and devastating in its brutal repercussions: two bright and creative young people, now both tragically dead.
Kort nadat die hiphop-ster AKA in 2021 verloof raak aan die 22-jarige Anele Tembe, “val” sy na haar dood vanaf die 10de verdieping van die Pepper Club in Kaapstad. Minder as twee jaar later sterf AKA in ’n sluipmoord wat moontlik uit wraak gepleeg is. When Love Kills vertel hul tragiese verhaal.
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ON THE DEVIL’S TRAIL
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MAD BAD LOVE
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THE PRICE OF MERCY
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