Jub Jub asks for case postponement so he can go on tour in December

Magistrate Betty Khumalo was not pleased when the legal representative of television host and musician Molemo “Jub Jub” Maarohanye asked that the date of his court appearance be moved again to January due to a work tour commitment.

This, after she had just remanded it to 11 December 2023, extending the accused’s bail.

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Jub Jub appeared briefly at the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. He faces 13 charges, including rape, attempted murder, assault and kidnapping.

Music tour in December

Initially, Jub Jub’s legal representative requested that the case be provisionally remanded to 11 December to further sort out certain particulars.

Magistrate Khumalo accepted this date. “You are warned to be back at court on 11 December at 8.30am. It is still a provisional remand, because there are further particulars being sort out by your legal representative. And the state still needs more time to consult with the witnesses,” she said.

“So now, I am of the view that – and I don’t want any excuses from both parties that on the next court date –  a trial date has to be set. The investigation on this matter has already been concluded so there is no point in wasting time,” she said.

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It was at this point Jub Jub asked to speak to his legal representative, who then in turn explained to Khumalo that his client would be on tour for the whole of December.

‘Not life or death’

“Then why did you propose that date?” an angry Khumalo asked. Saying that the tour was not a life or death situation, she ruled that the case would still proceed on the date it was set.

Jub Jub was charged in July this year. The offences were reported to have occurred between 2006 and 2010, but the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) revealed that the initial complaint was not lodged until 2022, with the complainant saying she was initially denied assistance by the police.

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During his first court appearance, he was granted bail of R10 000.

Phindi Mjonondwane, the spokesperson for the NPA, stated that the charges against the celebrity stemmed from a podcast in December 2021, during which Jub Jub spoke about having a sexual encounter with Amanda du Pont.

Du Pont initially accused Maarohanye of repeatedly raping her and attempting to murder her in a social media video posted in December 2021. She made this video in response to Jub Jub’s comments about their past relationship and his claim of having been intimate with her.

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