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Smell The Coffee, My Daughter’s Death Is Wake-Up Call To Substance Abuse – Dad Of AKA’s Fiancée

BEVERLY HILLS, April 16, (THEWILL) – Popular South African businessman and Anele “Nelli” Tembe’s father, Moses, says his deceased daughter and fiancée of popular rapper Kiernan, better known as AKA, did not commit suicide.

THEWILL had earlier reported that the 22-year-old died on Sunday morning, April 11, after she fell down from the 10th floor of the Pepperclub Hotel in Cape Town.

During her burial ceremony at the Durban International Conference Centre on Friday April 16, a letter, from Moses, her father was read out by fellow businessman, Sandile Zungu, who stated that 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.

“I knew Kiernan loved my daughter but their companionship needed more than love. It had to be premised and embedded on a Godly foundation.

“Anele made me happy as a father, very happy. Anele was feisty, strong-willed some might say. She was single-minded in her pursuits, what others would uncritically call stubborn. Anele never minced her words, an attribute that would perturb her siblings, which she balanced by giving her absolute best to those around her.

“In my deepest desire that my girl live to be whom she wanted to be, I nurtured these Anele traits, for I truly believed that she had needed guidance, rather than repression, persuasion rather than brute force.”

THEWILL writes that the funeral service was streamed on YouTube for fans and friends to pay their last respects.

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