![HONOURING NELLIE](https://cdn.magzter.com/1359122596/1708592821/articles/Lc4urCe_E1709128991234/HONOURING-NELLIE.jpg)
SHE should be 25 years old now, carving a career as SA’s f irst female Michelin-star-chef-inthe-making, cooking up a storm in her restaurant with her whole life ahead of her.
Instead Anele Tembe will forever be known as the young woman who plunged to her death from the 10th floor of the Pepperclub Hotel on Loop Street in Cape Town where she was staying with her fiancé, late rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes.
Her tragic death in April 2021 rocked the country and left her loved ones utterly devastated. Now her family are hoping a state-of-the-art library named after her will honour how she lived.
At the recent unveiling of the Anele Tembe Library at her former school, Durban Girls’ College (DGC), her father, Moses Tembe, said the restoration of the school’s library was a fitting tribute because Nellie, as she was known, was a voracious reader. The library, which is also described as a sanctuary, a museum and a workshop, was designed by award-winning interior designer Andrea Kleinloog, who’s also a DGC alumnus.
It was sponsored by the Tembe family via a foundation named after Nellie and is one of several projects planned to commemorate her.
“This special legacy project will shine a light on Anele and radiate widely the very essence of her spirited personality. [She was a person] who lived, loved and shared her life with us so generously. The idea of creating a new library here at DGC fully embodies this intention,” Moses said at the unveiling ceremony. Stella Ngcobo, a former DGC teacher who taught Nellie IsiZulu before she matriculated from the top private school in 2017, described her as a disciplined and dedicated student. For her, the unveiling of the library was bittersweet.
This story is from the 29 February 2024 edition of YOU South Africa.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Sign In
This story is from the 29 February 2024 edition of YOU South Africa.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
![Our top picks to listen to and watch](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/2448/1730732/be_00KLl11718285765213/OUR-TOP-PICKS-TO-LISTEN-TO-AND-WATCH.jpg)
Our top picks to listen to and watch
The HOTTEST things in POP CULTURE and ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK
![QUEEN OF THE COURT](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/2448/1730732/xGdZnQzPC1718287703673/QUEEN-OF-THE-COURT.jpg)
QUEEN OF THE COURT
She's just won her fifth Grand Slam title and at 23 tennis star Iga Świątek is only getting started!
![WE'RE ON A MISSION TO HELP](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/2448/1730732/KW564HPr91718284265040/WERE-ON-A-MISSION-TO-HELP.jpg)
WE'RE ON A MISSION TO HELP
The Olifants have started an ambulance service for animals from less fortunate communities
![BARBER TO THE BOKS](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/2448/1730732/WjQT4NVkz1718287557481/BARBER-TO-THE-BOKS.jpg)
BARBER TO THE BOKS
He's been cutting hair for almost 50 years. But it's the more than 40 jackets and signed jerseys from Springbok players whose hair he's done that make him a cut above the rest
![THE SCIENCE OF DEATH](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/2448/1730732/bMDlgE0ry1718287157930/THE-SCIENCE-OF-DEATH.jpg)
THE SCIENCE OF DEATH
New research into the dying brain suggests the line between life and death may be far less distinct than previously thought
![WE TALK ABOUT Colombia's underwater treasure quest](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/2448/1730732/fMj4LT2lQ1718286507883/WE-TALK-ABOUT-COLOMBIAS-UNDERWATER-TREASURE-QUEST.jpg)
WE TALK ABOUT Colombia's underwater treasure quest
COLOMBIA is launching a historic underwater expedition to explore a ship that sank in the Caribbean more than 300 years ago.
![UNFORGETTABLE READS](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/2448/1730732/wcYEQQmrm1718286248131/UNFORGETTABLE-READS.jpg)
UNFORGETTABLE READS
These new releases all offer something surprising and unexpected
![EAT YOUR FILL](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/2448/1730732/6Le2NWT1r1718284646934/EAT-YOUR-FILL.jpg)
EAT YOUR FILL
Trying to lose weight? Stock up on the foods that trigger the release of the same 'fullness' hormone as the weight-loss drug Ozempic
![ROMANTIC RUPERT](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/2448/1730732/VEgrH6HGH1718283913313/ROMANTIC-RUPERT.jpg)
ROMANTIC RUPERT
Retired media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is a sucker for love and at 93 he's got married - again!
![RUNNING STRONG](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/2448/1730732/x51zmyjLY1718283154946/RUNNING-STRONG.jpg)
RUNNING STRONG
This Roodepoort mom has lost half her body weight - and she's just done her second Comrades