Showing posts with label Lucky Dude. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 7 April 2009

Why was Dube murdered? Is still the question



South African State prosecutor Letabo Mashiane said the three men convicted of killing the reggae superstar Lucky Dube, Sifiso Mhlanga, Julius Gxowa and Mbuti Mabe, have denied the world an opportunity to know why they killed Dube.
He said: “Unless one of them decides to speak, we will never know the truth, from their point of view, of what happened on the night and why they killed Lucky Dube.”
Mashiane suspects that they are trying to protect a third party.
Dube was killed during a botched hijacking on October 18 2007 while he was dropping off his children at his brother’s house in Rosettenville in Jozi.

Thursday, 2 April 2009

Lucky Dube’s Killers Found Guilty



A South African court has found three men guilty of shooting dead reggae star Lucky Dube in 2007.
Dube’s family reportedly clapped as the verdict was read out in the Johannesburg High Court.
The 43-year-old was killed as the three stole his car in a Johannesburg suburb in a case which shocked the nation.
Two of the three had earlier tried to escape custody and appeared in court with bandaged heads after being restrained by the police.
Dube’s son Thokozani, who witnessed his father’s killing, told reporters at court: “What happened to uBaba [Dube] was really traumatic to all of us, but we are happy that his killers have been found guilty.
“We know they are being brought to book and we can now have closure.”
He said he hoped they would get a “proper sentence”, reports the Sapa news agency.