Two Johannesburg women were shocked yesterday to discover that they were listed as business partners of Dr Nandipha Magudumana, fugitive Thabo Bester's ...
At the weekend, the Department of Correctional Services confirmed that Thabo Bester, who was serving a life sentence and 75 years, escaped from the Mangaung ...
[READ: Correctional Services Dept can be sued for Thabo Bester’s prison escape: Analyst](https://ewn.co.za/2023/03/27/correctional-services-dept-can-be-sued-for-thabo-bester-s-prison-escape-analyst) At the weekend, the Department of Correctional Services confirmed that the convict escaped from the Mangaung private correctional facility in May last year and hadn't died as was initially reported. Nkosinathi Sekeleni is in hiding and said that he fears for his life after his Facebook post about Bester resurfaced.
Dr Nandipha Magudumana's brother, Nkosinathi Sekeleni, says he is not a whistle-blower and has declined to be drawn into commentary regarding his sister's ...
He said that following a court case, he was advised to remove the post. Speaking to 702 on Monday, Sekeleni said he posted following a fallout with his sister a year ago. “My son and wife did nothing. [Department of Correctional Services confirms Thabo Bester is still alive, now they are investigating how he escaped custody](/news/crime-and-courts/department-of-correctional-services-confirms-thabo-bester-is-still-alive-now-they-are-investigating-how-he-escaped-custody-d8956372-5564-4183-b3ad-b450119165e1) [Thabo Bester escape: Popcru lambastes running of private prisons by ‘foreign-owned companies’ in South Africa](/news/crime-and-courts/thabo-bester-escape-popcru-lambastes-running-of-private-prisons-by-foreign-owned-companies-in-south-africa-557a381b-88bf-4a9d-854c-bc33a4a4f041) [Government is now asking the public to help it catch ‘Facebook Rapist’ Thabo Bester](/the-star/news/government-is-now-asking-the-public-to-help-it-catch-facebook-rapist-thabo-bester-c88fcaeb-191e-4008-a9a0-219b7dcc3357) [DA requests the JICS to launch an urgent investigation into alleged cover-up of the escape of convicted rapist Thabo Bester](/news/crime-and-courts/da-requests-the-jics-to-launch-an-urgent-investigation-into-alleged-cover-up-of-the-escape-of-convicted-rapist-thabo-bester-4a6c2497-4c89-48ce-a127-d7dc8a0de187) [Convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester ran a scam event and production company while in prison](/news/crime-and-courts/facebook-rapist-thabo-bester-hired-hilton-hotel-in-sandton-and-launched-a-media-company-while-in-prison-76853950-9896-4395-965c-36f08e155fdd) I’m posting this because two nights ago a gunman tried and failed to kill me, my wife and child,” Sekeleni posted. I have evidence in the form of recorded telephone calls.
Thabo Bester's 'customary law' wife Dr Nandipha Magudumana is in a civil marriage with another man. Here's what you need to know about him...
However, at the weekend, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) confirmed that Bester had escaped on 3 May 2022. ALSO READ:
Days before he formally admitted to sexually assaulting two women, Facebook rapist and killer Thabo Bester told a police profiler he "liked" the woman he ...
When the former head of the SAPS investigative psychology section, Dr Gerard Labuschagne, interviewed Thabo Bester in 2011, he “found him to be a smart guy, ...
But a lot of people have rough upbringings and childhoods, so that’s no excuse for going off and raping people,” Labuschagne said. He would be sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape of two women and the murder of his girlfriend, Nomfundo Tyhulu. “He said he had a very rough upbringing and childhood.
Ex-convict turned Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie has called for the president to put together a team to investigate the escape and offered to ...
“The cover-up couldn’t have happened without all three below-mentioned parties involved: politicians, prison officials and police. “What must be established quickly: 1) Did they bring in an already dead person from outside? McKenzie, who was in jail for a decade, said “something worse than an escape happened here” and warned that Bester could be killed in the process.
"Facebook rapist" Thabo Bester seen on a video screen. Readers have weighed in on whether he will be recaptured after his escape. Image: SHELLEY CHRISTIANS.
10% said he would only be arrested in a movie made about the incident. These officials and politicians are now hunting harder for the suspects”. “You don’t pull such a brilliant escape without very powerful politicians, cops and prison officials.
Last May, South African prison authorities announced a man serving a life sentence for rape and murder had died in a fire in his cell.
[Deutsche Welle](https://www.dw.com/en/south-africa-facebook-rapist-not-dead-escaped-jail-instead/a-65121972) reports. [said in a release](https://twitter.com/Min_JCS/status/1639613857646669826/photo/1). According to [GroundUp](https://www.groundup.org.za/article/thabo-bester-ran-glitzy-multi-million-rand-scam---from-behind-bars/), Bester had been running the scam business "21st Century Media" from the prison and appeared via video-link at its "glitzy launch" in Johannesburg in 2018, claiming to be New York-based chairman "Tom Motsepe." Photos have since surfaced appearing to show Bester grocery shopping in Johannesburg and "some women have come forward alleging the convict made contact with them on social media," per CBS. Magudumana initially claimed the body as Bester's wife, though "she had been in a civil marriage with another man since 2013." Last May, South African prison authorities announced a man serving a life sentence for rape and murder had died in a fire in his cell.
Businesswomen Lucille Gumbi and Phumzile Pega told Sowetan that although they were previously friends with Magudumana, they never went into business with her.
Questions or problems? They now hope to move past the incident and focus on their own companies. The documents showed that the two women owned 10 percent each of a cleaning company with Magudumana, something they say they had no prior knowledge of.
"Facebook rapist" Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana have fled the Hyde Park home they were believed to be staying in.
So, it looked like they packed and left.” [a quarrel broke out](On Thursday, GroundUp reported that celebrity doctor Dr Nandipha Magudimana vacated the Hyde Park home she was believed to be staying in with Bester. In a statement on Monday, the company said that on 5 May last year it had alerted the police to “a number of concerns surrounding the circumstances of the fire”. The publication said a quarrel broke out on Tuesday, 21 March at the property between Magudumana and the landlord, who claimed Magudumana was trying to remove items which did not belong to her from the home.) on Tuesday, 21 March, at the property between Magudumana and the landlord. The landlord claimed Magudumana was trying to remove items that did not belong to her from the home. A representative of the property agency did not allow News24 to take images of the house because they were still looking for tenants and were concerned about negative publicity.
While prison officials were already suspicious a day after the apparent suicide, with no ID number to register the death at home affairs, the body was still ...
Nandipha Magudumana's father says he is worried about his daughter who told him she is gone into hiding.