Nelli Tembe’s brother denies she and mom committed suicide

Vukile Tembe says his beloved baby sister Anele “Nelli” Tembe and mother Lulu Tembe didn’t commit suicide. His sister, who was engaged to AKA at the time had been staying at Cape Town’s Pepperclub Hotel when she plunged to her death from the 10th floor in April 2021. Vukile Tembe says their mother Lulu fell ill and died, and his sister Anele “Nelli” Tembe didn’t commit suicide.

Vukile tells You that he wants to set the record straight as there’s been talk that their mother Lulu Tembe also took her own life.

“There are several rumours on social media Nelli committed suicide I am simply not entertaining them,” he says. “My mother didn’t commit suicide – she got ill and passed away. The migraines people are referencing was a symptom of the illness she had.”

The 31-year-old adds that the Tembe family are fed up with the speculations about his mother and sister’s deaths. News24 reported their father Moses Tembe also strongly denied rumours his daughter had committed suicide at her funeral.