A well-spoken man and a great friend'
October 19, 2007
By Lebogang Seale
Pay your tributes to Lucky Dube here
World-acclaimed reggae singer Lucky Dube has been shot and killed in a hijacking.
The incident took place just after 8pm on Thursday night when Dube went to drop off his son at his uncle's house in Rosettenville, southern Joburg. Two men approached him and opened fire.
An injured Dube tried to flee but drove his grey Chrysler sedan into a tree and died on the scene. No further details were available as his son, who reportedly witnessed the incident, was still in shock.
Among the first to arrive at the scene were fellow musicians Mzwakhe Mbuli, Ringo Madlingozi and Deborah
Fraser.
Mbuli said: "It's a contrast that while the country is preparing itself for the Rugby World Cup final, we are robbed by this tragedy.
"How do you celebrate when you're in mourning? I hope the police get to the bottom of this and arrest the culprits," he said.
According to a witness, the hijackers opened the musician's door and shot him twice.
"Dube tried to drive away and hit a black Opel Corsa and then lost control of his car and hit a tree."
Dube's recording company, Gallo Records, paid tribute to the musician.
"He was a soft, well-spoken man, and a great friend," said Ivor Haarburger, the CEO of the Gallo music group.
Haarburger said Dube was the best reggae performer in the world and that he had bigger following internationally than in South Africa.
"He was huge in (the rest of) Africa, he could draw 40 000 to 50 000 people to a concert," Haarburger said.
He said Dube had recently been spending time overseas, getting his material released and had been talking of a new album. "But we were nowhere near to recording."
Lucky Dube was born on August 3 1964 in Ermelo, Mpumalanga. He launched his career as an mbhaqanga singer in 1979 and switched to reggae in 1984 to express his anger against apartheid.
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FUCK THIS!!!!! The stupid and cold hearted braindead fuckers who allow this to perpetuate must be taken out and shot. 9mm to the back of the head. And i am talking about jackie selebi.
I have picked up rumours that people are being encouraged to boo mbeki off the stage at the rugby world cup .... do it! show these worthless pieces of shit what the people have to say. HATE SPEECH ...HELL YES ... i hate these creatures of misery and i will NEVER stop calling for their summary execution. fuck the justice system, they've fucked that up too. Come here, let US show you justice.
I am so sad about this .... i love music, i enjoy reggae, and i love the south african spirit that Lucky Dube was famous for .... PEACE and LOVE ... its the ONLY way :(
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It shows how much we don't respect or love our ourselves. Lucky was one in a million, the kind of a person we need in SA for all sorts of inspiration. Did we get this freedom to abuse it that much? When i listened to several radio stations today, the song that was played the most is "together as one". That says a lot about Lucky and how people knew him. Pity the hyenas that did this forgot about that. Morons!
Agreed. Some heads need to be twisted.
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