
The family of Anele Tembe says it has found some reassurance as the formal inquest into her death got under way at the Cape Town magistrate's court on Monday. Tembe was 22 years old when she died in April 2021 after falling from a hotel. The inquest will examine the circumstances surrounding her death, which has remained a matter of public interest in South Africa.
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