Jub Jub: "I don't regret going to prison!"

“I don’t regret going to prison! I regret all my actions, the accident…” Jub Jub

By: Natasha Archary

Uyajola 9/9 host, Jub Jub opened up about his time in prison on the last episode of Showmax’s Unfollowed.

The rapper and media personality was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2010 for murder, attempted murder, and three related offences after 4 children were killed, and two others seriously injured.

Jub Jub who was drag racing on a public road, near a school, lost control of the Mini Cooper he was driving and ran over the children.

In 2014, his murder conviction was overturned and his sentence was reduced to 10 years, which began in 2012.

Jub Jub was released on parole in 2017 and returned to the entertainment industry hosting the popular South African reality cheating show.

The 43-year old who is currently facing charges of rape, murder, and attempted murder after four women came out to open cases against him, said while he doesn’t regret his stint behind bars, he does regret his actions and the accident.

“It made me a better person. It made me wiser. I became closer to amadlozi wam, and I became closer to God. Prison is the only place that actually forced me to be alone, to reconnect because the life I was living, I had no time for what my ancestors wanted me to do. I had no time with God and it just brought me much closer.

I regret all my actions, the accident. I don’t regret going to prison.”
Jub Jub opened up about his time in prison

Jub Jub who has maintained that the allegations levelled against him by the four women, one of whom is a family member, are untrue, said prison life is hard.

“What you think of prison, it’s a thousand times and million times more. It was bad, and prison doesn’t care whether you are Jub Jub or not. It’s bad.

Everybody is entitled to do whatever they want to do. In regards to that matter, I would rather not talk about it. I know who I am. I know what I stand for. I’ve got three beautiful sisters that I know for one, if anybody laid a hand on them, trust me, I would not wait for the justice system.”
Jub Jub on the charges against him

Initially, Jub Jub was charged with 3 counts of rape, 2 counts of attempted murder and assault. However, the charges have since been amended to include 13 counts of rape, attempted murder, indecent assault, assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and kidnapping.

Jub Jub is expected back in court on 08 November.

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