Reggae musician Lucky Dube was shot dead in a hijacking on Thursday in Rosettenville, Johannesburg police said.

Captain Cheryl Engelbrecht said the incident took place at about 8.20pm when Dube (43) was driving a blue Volkswagen Polo in the Johannesburg suburb.

She said Dube was dropping off his son in the area when he was attacked. "His son was already out of the car. When he saw what was happening, he ran to ask for help."


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RIP Lucky Dube

rip

Sis I hear the 'gist' this morning. <sub>I PARA O!

AND WE DEY COMPLAIN SAY DEM WAN KILL TUFACE?!</sub>

me i just dey hear am o. less than one minute dem give am for nightly news. Na online i go read say the man don die.

Mercy lawd! Babylon don murderation mi ras! Awwww! Mi maas lucky Dube ah fi gwan!Man ah bad man.Dem loot,dem kill,dem rape,but dem cian stop reggae!
(sob)
Bad man done shot lucky but im musical tin gwan live on! Jah bless all reggae massive!

That could have been the story of Tuface, if not for divine intervention. I can imagine the stick we would have gotten if that had happened here in Nigeria. Goes to show you that the security situation in South Africa is not better than what we have here in Naija.

Anyways, the guy will be sorely missed.

"fear not dem who can only destroy d body,but fear HIM who can destroy both d body and d soul in eternal damnation"

special livication fe mi dread lucky Dube:

4give dem father God
for dem know not what dem done
Ras gwan kip on running on d road fe Zion
we gwan mash up babylon
till we gain wi freedom
I-an-I gwan carry on
till mi arrive Jah Kingdom!

i ve just received the sad news this morning.

Oh! what a loss to regge artists in Africa

May his soul rest in peace, Amen.

IS lucky DUBE A Nigerian? I dont think so sista Omoge25.
Saw the news on BBC this morning its shocking and i so much like his song especially diferent colour, one people.
may he rest in pEACE

heard the news this morning,its so sad Lucky Dube will be sadly missed

What .
thats so sad, he would be greatly missed, may his soul rest in perfect peace.

When did Lucky Dube Become A Nigerian?

such is life. May is gently soul rest in Peace( Amen)

And those that killed, should be ready for the same death to kill them, cos, he that kill by the sword , shall die by the sword

He's legacy shall remain ever-green

heard the news this morning,its so sad Lucky Dube will be sadly missed

may his gentle soul rest in perfect peace. never knew he was a nigerian!

How sad, I've been a fan of his music since the late 80's. 

BTW, Lucky Dube was South African, not Nigerian. Unless he became a Nigerian later??

really sad, u 'll be greatly missed, whether u were a South African, Nigerian or others. U were trully BLACK. RIP

What a bad news! I an I na fe so bad. Dem enemy dem a kill Jah prophet. Rastafara. Da Universal Creatar, I man leaders I, May Ima soul rest ina perfect peace. Awoi

RIP Lucky, u have been and will ever remain my reggae icon.
Let ur soul rest with Jah,
If I was at your grave side I'll drop this flowers as my last respect.
Jah live!

Poor him. Something has to be done about all these attacks.

RIP Dube.

I just heard the news now, & was about creating this thread . . .
It's so so . . . . Sad . . .
South Africa is a useless stupid country filled up with crazy creatures!
What kind of insensitivity is that?

That Country needs deliverance . . .

May his Gentle Soul Rest in Peace. . .

Lucky Dube's Killers,

When will all these attacts on Nigerians abroad stop?

Goes to show you that the security situation in South Africa is not better than what we have here in Naija.

The crime rate in South Africa is one of the highest in the world. It's one of the most unsafe places to live in the world!

Reminds 2FACE getting shot in Lagos about a week ago. What is the world coming to?

May his soul rest in peace.

Seun:

The crime rate in South Africa is one of the highest in the world. It's one of the most unsafe places to live in the world!

Seun, do you perhaps have a source on which you based your fact.

Naah you guys have to be kidding me we are in October now April fool was 6 months ago .This shit cant be true.That South Africa no be place o! they have issues there men violence,AIDS

RIP Lucky, like u said Lucky rasta never dies, live on rasta, am still your fan anyday

@poster, where did u get the information that Lucky is  a Nigeria? definately not!

sniperwolf:

When will all these attacts on Nigerians abroad stop?

Maybe one day but Lucky is from South Africa and not Nigeria
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7052050.stm

seuen:

Seun, do you perhaps have a source on which you based your fact.

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_tot_cri-crime-total-crimes

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Seventh United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems, covering the period 1998 - 2000 (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)DEFINITION
Note: Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.Crime Statistics > Total crimes (most recent) by country
VIEW DATA:    Totals     Per capita  
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Showing latest available data. Rank   Countries   Amount  (top to bottom)    
#1   United States: 23,677,800  
#2   Germany: 6,264,720  
#3   United Kingdom: 5,170,830  
#4   France: 3,771,850  
#5   South Africa: 3,422,740  
#6   Russia: 2,952,370  
#7   Canada: 2,476,520  
#8   Japan: 2,443,470  
#9   Italy: 2,205,780  
#10   India: 1,764,630  
#11   Korea, South: 1,543,220  
#12   Chile: 1,409,940  
#13   Mexico: 1,363,710  
#14   Netherlands: 1,305,640  
#15   Poland: 1,266,910  
#16   Spain: 923,271  
#17   Thailand: 565,108  
#18   Ukraine: 553,594  
#19   Finland: 530,270  
#20   Denmark: 504,240

I've lived, happily, in Lagos and Luanda, two African cities notorious for armed crime, but I still came to Johannesburg with a degree of apprehension.

On a continent of violent cities, Johannesburg, is, so they say, the worst of all.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1916969.stm Johannesburg in particular.

Gawwwwwwwwwwd !!! what a pity, but was he a nigerian? abi naija adopt am, anyways, its painful, he will be gr8ly missed by all.

i said it wen u all were blamin d attack of 2face on d securitties, i said it happend every were in the world, look at this one, not only shot, injured or kidnapped, but KILLED, wht will u guys say of dt, POOR SECURITY right

1 tin u guys shld learn is dt, a tief hu is determined to steal sumtin no mata d security  will stop @ notin to get dt which dey wanted, even if it means losin there lives.

Awwwwwwwhhhhhhhh,  What a loss! RIP man, ur legacy lives on,  U were so great and will be really really missed,  Shame! God bless and keep ur family. One love! :