. Jub Jub is a controversial figure who has many haters and admirers. The Uyajola 9/9 host and musician rarely talks about the tragic night on 8 March 2010 when he and his friend Themba Tshabalala caused a fatal accident that killed four children and left two others with brain damage while they were drag racing under the influence. The Ndikhokhele rapper spent four years in prison for his crime.
In Unfollowed episode 8, season finale, host Thembekile Mrototo asks the former child star how he manages to bounce back, “even after the incident in which he and a friend killed four school children in March 2010, spent four years in prison, and an ongoing rape trial.” Jub Jub is reluctant to talk about the deadly 2010 accident, saying, “out of respect for the families that lost their kids….
What happens with myself and the families is not for anybody,” he says. “Everything was taken away in the blink of an eye after that accident,” he adds. Thembekile points out how his words distance Jub Jub from his actions, and asks, “Taken away by yourself?” He replies, “Not really, I guess the choices,” says Jub Jub, who wishes he had “taken a pause in my life and realized there’s no need to live a fast life.”
The accident remains as his “darkest day”. He says, “A good part of me died as well … When you are alone, you just remember … you try to sleep, you see visions. You try to move on with your life….” Jub Jub claims that his time in prison made him a better person. “Prison is the only place that actually forced me to be alone, to reconnect with God, amadlozi (ancestors), no matter what.
Because of the life that I was living, man, I had no time for what my ancestors wanted me to do,” he says. “I had no time with God.…
I regret all my actions. I don’t regret going to prison … because there’s a life lesson that I learned.” Jub Jub is currently out on bail, facing three counts of rape, two counts of attempted murder, and one count of assault, brought by four different accusers. “We live in a society where rape is a pandemic, and it is sad how now guys are not scared of guns, not scared of knives, but we’re scared of just waking up being accused, you know?” Jub Jub says sincerely. “Right now, we’re just protecting ourselves from every woman.”