TV presenter and musician Molemo ‘Jub Jub’ Maarohanye. (Photo: Instagram) 
style="font-weight: 400;">Podcast and Chill with MacG, flighted on 3 December, has highlighted the need to tackle gender-based violence in South Africa.
Jub Jub said during the podcast interview that Amanda du-Pont was one of the girls he “smashed”. He also revealed other details of his former relationship with the actress.
Podcast and Chill is a YouTube channel owned and hosted by MacG (Macgyver Mukwevho), a broadcaster and former radio DJ.
Jub Jub’s comments during the interview have caused a backlash.
“Gender-based violence is an ongoing epidemic in South Africa. While more and more women are speaking out, they are still being shamed and blamed... their alleged predators excused,” said Sabrina Walter, founder of Women for Change.
Du-Pont responded to the controversial interview with her version of events. In a video on her Instagram page, the actress claimed that Jub Jub had repeatedly raped her over a period of two years.
Three other media personalities, Masechaba Khumalo, Bonokuhle Nkala and Refilwe Khumalo, have since come forward on social media with similar allegations against Jub Jub.
None of the women, including du-Pont, has laid rape charges against Jub Jub. However, du-Pont’s lawyer, Mabulenyana Marweshe, has told Daily Maverick that she intends to press charges soon.
Jub Jub has declined to comment on the allegations. “Concerning the accusations levelled against me by Amanda and others, I have decided to make room for the law to take its course,” he said.
Mosa Zengele of Kwanele Holekane kaGBVF, an anti-GBV movement, commended du-Pont on speaking up. “She opened the door for other women to tell their stories. I fully support them.”
Namuma Mulindi from Sonke Gender Justice said, “How this whole debacle started should not be overlooked. It felt like a ‘men’s locker room’ chat was aired in public with no consideration for how this would affect the person being discussed.
“In this day and age, we would hope men would be more aware of the harmful nature of such conversations and how it influences negative bravado in young men looking to brag about a ‘score’,” said Malindi.
MacG has also come under fire for broadcasting the comments and being “insensitive” to gender-based violence in the country. Some took to Twitter to call for MacG’s podcast to be cancelled.
“MacG’s podcast has never respected women, ever!” wrote Ayanda Thabethe, a South African actress, television presenter and model.
Philile Luthuli, a graduate in event management from Durban, said: “The fact that MacG opens such a platform for guys to speak kanje about women and also entertain the whole thing is disgraceful.”
“It’s that sloth MacG that is a problem! Don’t cancel the podcast, cancel MacG!” tweeted Yolokazi Dana, a lifestyle blogger.