The rape case against Uyajola 9/9 presenter Molemo “Jub Jub” Maarohanye will be back in court later this week.
This follows a previous postponement for the defence to prepare their case. Today’s postponement was given as the same reason. The defence needed a bit more time.
In March, the 43-year-old’s lawyer, Terrence Ntsako Baloyi, requested an extension before the court to revise his client’s documents.
Maarohanye faces three charges of rape, two of attempted murder, and one of assault.
He is out on R10,000 bail following his arrest in July 2023 after he handed himself over to the police in Brixton.
The Ndikhokhele hitmaker made a brief appearance before the Johannesburg magistrate’s court on Tuesday. He wore an all-black outfit.
Some of his bail conditions included that he should not communicate with the victims or the complainants. He is also not to attempt to be in contact with them.
Ex-girlfriend Amanda Du-Pont first came out with accusations
TV personality Amanda du-Pont is one of the four complainants in the case. Du-Pont accuses Maarohanye of raping her repeatedly during their two-year relationship.
The state witnesses include Maarohanye’s baby-mama Kelly Khumalo’s mother, Ntombi Khumalo. Ex-radio presenter and media personality Masechaba Khumalo’s friend and Du-Pont’s younger sister are also state witnesses.
On December 11, Maarohanye’s lawyers requested that the case be postponed. Reasons given were for them to go through a are dditional information they had received from the state.
Ather high profile woman later came out with the same accusations
An interview that Maarohanye did on MacGyver “MacG” Mukwevho’s controversial Podcast and Chill podcast started Maarohanye’s woes. In the interview in December 2021, he revealed details about his sexual encounters with a number of women.
The recording artist told MacG that he had “smashed” Du-Pont.
Du-Pont responded by making a tearful Instagram video where she denied being “smashed” by Maarohanye. She said she was instead raped by him, and assaulted over the two years that they dated.
In 2023, former Muvhango actress Du-Pont told police that Maarohanyane raped her several times. She said sometimes the rapes happened in the presence of her sisters. This while they (she and Maarohanye) were dating almost two decades ago.
She further claimed that Maarohanyane choked and suffocated her until she lost consciousness. This happened during one of their violent domestic fights, she said.
These claims were made by Du-Pont in a statement she gave to the police prior to their November trial in the Johannesburg magistrate’s court.
Du-Pont claimed in the statement that the series of violent rape incidents started when Maarohanyane first raped her in 2007. The incident happened at he Auckland Park apartment in Joburg. This after she rejected his sexual advances because she did not want to have sex before marriage.
