Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwesithombe, uMakhubu wahlukunyezwa abophiko lwezokuphepha, waphoqeleka ukuba abaleke eNingizimu Afrika. Umama wakhe, uNombulelo Makhubu, watshela iKhomishana YamaQiniso Nokubuyisana ukuthi wathola incwadi evela kuye evela eNigeria ngo-1978, kodwa kusukela ngaleso sikhathi ubengakaze ezwe ngaye. Washona ngo-2004, kubonakala sengathi ubengazi ukuthi kwenzekeni ngendodana yakhe.
UMbuyisa wayengomunye wezishoshovu zaseNingizimu Afrika ezakhosela eNigeria ngokushesha kulandela isigameko saseSoweto. Wayengomunye wabathathu ababezinze esikoleni samabanga aphezulu okuhlalwa kuso eNingizimu-Ntshonalanga Nigeria - Federal Government College, ngonyaka wezifundo ka-1976-1977.
Kodwa zonke zahluleka, futhi zaqhubeka phakathi nonyaka. Ngo-2013, kwavela izinsolo zokuthi owesilisa, uVictor Vinnetou, owaboshwa eCanada iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili edlule ngamacala okuthuthela kwelinye izwe kwakunguMakhubu. Kwenziwa ukuhlolwa kolibofuzo ukuze kubonakale ukuthi ngabe nguye ngempela yini uMbuyisa Makhubo.
Kamuva kwabikwa ukuthi ulibofuzo aluzange luqinisekise ukuthi indoda inguMakhubu, okwadumaza umndeni kaMakhubu, nakuba kwabikwa ukuthi ulibofuzo lwenziwa ilungu lomndeni ngaphandle kobudlelwane begazi kubazali bobabili. Kusukela ngo-2020, akaziwa ukuthi ukuphi.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, i-documentary eneziqephu ezine enesihloko esithi, Through The Cracks, eyakhululwa ngo-44 weminyaka yokuvukela umbuso ngo-June 16, 2020, inikeze imininingwane ebingakachazwa ngaphambilini ngempilo kaMakhubu. Kuphinde kwabikwa nokuthi ngo-June 16, 2020 kuzofakwa uqwembe lwamagugu okukhumbula uMakhubu.