Police are investigating the death of a 22-year old woman, the fiance of rapper AKA, who fell to her death from one of the floors in the Pepper Club Hotel, in the Cape Town CBD. The 2 got engaged in February and the rapper has already paid lobola. The family of Anele Tembe has confirmed her "untimely passing", calling her a "beloved fiancé, daughter, sister and daughter-in-law.

Police are investigating the death of a 22-year old woman, the fiance of rapper AKA, who fell to her death from one of the floors in the Pepper Club Hotel, in the Cape Town CBD. The 2 got engaged in February and the rapper has already paid lobola. The family of Anele Tembe has confirmed her “untimely passing”, calling her a “beloved fiancé, daughter, sister and daughter-in-law.

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12 April 2021

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