The formal inquest into the death of Anele Tembe has been postponed and will now proceed in September.
This is after the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court on Monday adjourned proceedings because of a medical emergency.
The inquest had been scheduled to begin this week, more than five years after Tembe falled to her death from the 10th floor of a Cape Town hotel in April 2021.
Proceedings will reportedly be heard on 7, 8, 9, 15 and 16 September 2026.
Tembe, who was 22 at the time of her death, was engaged to slain rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes, who was with her at the hotel on the day of the incident.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) initially decided opted not to prosecute anyone, but the matter was referred for an inquest earlier this year. It comes two years after the murder of AKA.
In April, NPA spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila noted that the Anele Tembe inquest started with a pretrial at the Cape Town Magistrates Court.
He noted that the inquest is expected to hear evidence from multiple witnesses.
“The inquest will run for three days in July: 13-15 July 2026 with six witnesses expected to testify,” Ntabazalila said in a statement on 9 April 2026.
