Why AKA and Anele’s toxic love story hits home

Watching the “love story” of Anele Tembe and, AKA, real name Kiernan Forbes, come to a tragic end with both their untimely deaths was a traumatic experience for many South Africans. Reliving it in Melinda Ferguson’s When Love Kills: The Tragic Tale of AKA and Anele was even harder… While many idolised the glamorous couple … Read more

GBV org backs Anele Tembe book

Gender-based violence (GBV) organsation Women For Change has given their backing to author Melinda Ferguson’s book When Love Kills about the tragic love story of Anele Tembe and AKA, real name Kiernan Forbes. The book, which has officially hit bookstores around South Africa – documents the couple’s rollercoaster romance and both their untimely deaths. Melinda … Read more

Author defends Anele Tembe book

Acclaimed author Melinda Ferguson has responded to the overwhelming backlash she has labelled “spitting vitriol” to her new book When Live Kills, about the tragic love story between Anele Tembe and AKA, real name Kiernan Forbes. The book – which will document the couple’s rollercoaster romance and both their untimely deaths –  is set to … Read more

Anele Tembe, AKA tragedy becomes a book

The tragic, toxic love story of Anele Tembe and AKA, real name Kiernan Forbes is being explored in a new book titled When Love Kills. Award-winning author and journalist Melinda Ferguson has written the book. Thursday, 11 April, marks the third anniversary of Anele’s death after she fell to her death off the 10th floor … Read more

Bheki Cele talks fear of Gcaba brothers? [watch]

Without naming them, Minister of Police Bheki Cele has reportedly expressed his fear of KwaZulu-Natal’s Gcaba brothers, one of whom was named as an alleged paymaster in the murder of rapper AKA. In an old clip that has recently surfaced, Cele spoke about “known men who run the transport industry” in the province. The notorious … Read more