WATCH: ‘Love and live’ says Vusi Nova after surviving serious car crash
Vusi Nova. Image: Facebook
Afro-soul singer Vusi Nova, real name Vusi Nongxa, on Monday told eNCA his hijackers told him they had been watching him for a year.
The singer was abducted from his home in Melville in the early hours of Friday. The hijackers left him in Chiawelo, Soweto, and allegedly still have his car.
One of the men reportedly threatened to kill him, take him to the bush and cut off his nipples and penis.
It seems the hijackers believed he was just an ordinary South African making a good living, as he told The Sowetan they asked him what he did for a living.
“I said I sang, and they instructed me to sing, and I told them I didn’t have a voice, and they slapped me,” he was quoted as saying.
The music sensation has been trending since the hijacking, but today’s source of chatter was perhaps a bit cruel, as the singer is probably still recovering from the traumatic ordeal. Twitter on Monday had fun making guesses as to which song Vusi Nova belted for the hijackers to save his life.
Some say he sang his hit song, Memeza, while others are pretty sure he sang gospel songs.
A concern that came up often was how comfortable and brazen the hijackers were to even instruct Vusi Nova to sing for them, calling for police to help curb the scourge of crime in the country.
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Check out some of the reactions on Twitter:
Those guys just wanted a free Vusi Nova concert
— Pep Gandaganda (@senzo_joe) August 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/RonaldoPutlane/status/902116323572011008
I wonder which song Vusi Nova sang for the hijackers
— guy (@CaptainKool_) August 28, 2017
Vusi nova probably sang @khayamthethwa 's bangizungeza ngaphambili nangesemva 😢
— Ayanda (@AyostZA) August 28, 2017
So the Vusi Nova Hijackers asked him to Sing in the Car before letting him go.🤔🙄
— Mkuseli Veto (@KhusiVuka) August 28, 2017
Its scary that those hijackers told Vusi Nova they have been following him for a year 😩🙊
— Thembz 🇵🇸 (@Thembeka__) August 28, 2017
So the guys who kidnaped Vusi Nova, told him to sing for them? Wow, how cruel some people can be pic.twitter.com/5SwZr8r04o
— Phetoho Maja (@PS_Maja) August 28, 2017
I can't get over the fact that the Hijackers asked Vusi Nova to sing for them 😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/EO2knI2dHR
— Lebogang (@Lebogang_Tidi) August 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/prudence_bob/status/902111829970874368
these hijackers all they wanted was a private concert from Vusi Nova Jesus come back now
— The African (@Nokhebe) August 28, 2017
I think he sang Thixo baxolele "Vusi Nova"
— NaMasango (@thandosmas) August 28, 2017
I think he sang Thixo baxolele "Vusi Nova"
— NaMasango (@thandosmas) August 28, 2017
When people get kidnapped, they get moer'd too. If you are Vusi Nova. You just gotta sing
— Valar Morghulis©️ (@DiegoSaidSo) August 28, 2017
Bare Vusi Nova sang Memeza pic.twitter.com/AnwKiuxYrX
— Kgeleke (@JustMoleboheng) August 28, 2017
Obviously Vusi Nova Sang "Tholukuthi Hey" When Asked To Sing By Hijackers. 😂😂
— Die-man Wa Muvenḓa. (@Lv_Nedawaila) August 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/VincentJurist/status/902107573112975360
Which song did Vusi Nova sing?
— soulful house lover❤️ (@kgomotso_Mad) August 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/Sinesipo/status/902104171737960448
You people are asking Vusi Nova ukuthi ucule liphi iculo? 💔😂
— Nobuhle. (@Pearl_Mutwa) August 28, 2017
Vusi Nova's hijackers asked him to sing ai No Sata Afrika😭😭😭
— Nondumiso Dube (@Dube_Nondumisoe) August 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/_1vamilindz/status/902098645104943104
So, they made Vusi Nova sing.
Yazi ayikho ichill eSantafrika pic.twitter.com/pXcK61gN27— Uncle To a Meme👑 (@GcinaNyusani) August 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/ZamaMbuthuma/status/902097742411030528
https://twitter.com/MandyStoto/status/902097082256957440
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