EXCERPT | 'To end her young life': What really happened between AKA and Anele?

When Love Kills is the tragic story of Kieran Forbes, the award-winning hip-hop star known as 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 Pepperclub Hotel 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, AKA was gunned down outside a popular restaurant in Durban. Many believed it was a hit to avenge Anele's death. This torrid tale is epic and devastating in its brutal repercussions.

In this excerpt, Melinda Ferguson asks what could have happened on the fateful night Anele died?