(HERALD) Lucky Dube shot dead
Lucky Dube shot deadJOHANNESBURG.
SA reggae star killed in front of his children GUNMEN shot and killed South African reggae star Lucky Dube in front of his children in one of the country’s highest-profile murders, uniting political rivals in a call for urgent action against violent crime. Dube, who was 43, was driving a Chrysler sedan when he was killed in an apparent carjacking attempt on Thursday evening shortly after 6pm in Johannesburg’s Rossettenville suburb and police are searching for three suspects.
News reports said two men who approached Dube when he was dropping off his son and daughter — aged 15 and 16 — opened his door and shot him twice before he tried to drive away and died after crashing into a car and a tree.
"They allegedly tried to take his vehicle, but then shots were fired and he was fatally wounded," police spokesperson Superintendent Eugene Opperman said.
"His son was already out of the car. When he saw what was happening, he ran to ask for help."
Gauteng Police Commissioner Perumal Naidoo has handpicked a team of investigators to track down the reggae star’s killers, it was announced yesterday.
"Commissioner Naidoo has expressed his abhorrence at this murder and has appointed an investigation team," said Opperman.
"He’s got a lot of confidence in this team, who will do everything possible to identify and arrest those responsible for this.
"Director Charles Johnson, a very experienced senior detective in Gauteng, will now oversee every step of the investigation."
Opperman said the seven-member squad was "rather experienced".
The murder of South Africa’s biggest-selling reggae singer cast a shadow over the national mood, a day before the country’s rugby union team face England in a World Cup final and the 2010 Soccer World Cup to be held in the country.
Some callers to radio stations said the South African team, known as the Springboks, should play wearing black armbands.
South African President Thabo Mbeki said his countrymen should fight crime together.
"Even as we prepare to celebrate the victory of the Springboks, we must also grieve the death of an outstanding South African and, indeed, make a commitment that we shall continue to act together as a people to confront this terrible scourge of crime, which has taken the lives of too many of our people — and does so every day," he said.
Opposition political parties and the youth wing of the ruling African National Congress condemned the killing.
"Urgent and extraordinary measures need to be taken to stop violent crimes once and for all," the ANC Youth League said in a statement.
The opposition Democratic Alliance said the murder showed crime was out of control in South Africa.
"The circumstances surrounding his murder again illustrate that violent crime in South Africa is out of control and that the government’s remedies to address this scourge have failed," DA parliamentary leader Sandra Botha said.
South Africa has one of the world’s worst murder rates with an average of 50 killings each day. A total of 19 202 murders were recorded between April 1, 2006 and March 1, 2007.
The number of rapes, carjackings and assaults are also high with United Nations crime statistics saying one in three Johannesburg residents has been robbed.
Dube recorded more than 20 albums in his career and won over 20 awards locally and internationally.
His record company said the murder was senseless.
"Lucky wasn’t just big in South Africa, he was big in Africa and the rest of the world where he had a huge fan base. He was a fantastic ambassador for South African music, because he was always out there promoting South African music and reggae music around the world," said Gallo Music chief executive officer Ivor Haarburger.
During his career, he performed across the world and shared the stage with musicians such as Sinead O’Connor, Peter Gabriel and Sting. Paul Boateng, Britain’s ambassador to South Africa, told Talk Radio 702 he was shocked by Dube’s death.
"Both my wife and I are big fans . . . It is a great loss to music internationally." — International Herald Tribune/Sapa.
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