Jub Jub: “If somebody had raped my family member, I would not wait for the justice system”

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, after high profile women including actress Amanda du-Pont, Refilwe Khumalo, and Masechaba Khumalo (then Ndlovu), went public online with accusations of violent sexual misconduct.

“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 shielding from every woman.”

Thembekile digs down into Jub Jub’s views on who, exactly, the justice system is failing, and why he’s choosing to focus on a minority of falsely accused men.

And when pressed, Jub Jub claims, “If you know that somebody was raped, if somebody has raped my family member, I’m telling you now, I would not wait for the justice system. I know what I would do.”

In Unfollowed, Jub Jub also talks about life in prison, why he considers his misogynistic banter on MacGyver “MacG” Mukwevho’s podcast in December 2021 “very pure, very light,” and he speculates about what drives people to participate in cancel culture. And media experts comment not only on how you re-brand celebrities who’ve done the unforgivable, but why the public seems so eager to forgive when they are entertained.