As the search for Thabo Bester, the infamous ‘Facebook rapist’ and convicted murderer, continues across South Africa, new evidence suggests he may have planned to flee the country via the Zimbabwean border. The Citizen has obtained video footage of Dr. Nandipha Magudumana, one-half of South Africa’s most wanted couple, admitting to defaulting on a luxury car payment when confronted by a private investigator.
The footage was taken two months before Bester’s prison escape and reveals that Magudumana had a partner responsible for the agreement that left her with significant debt, but she refuses to name them or discuss their relationship.
Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha: SA’s Most Wanted Couple
Since Thabo Bester escaped from Mangaung Prison, where he was incarcerated from 2012 until last year, police have been working to unravel the complex web of scams and schemes surrounding him. According to a report by the Daily Maverick, Bester and his partner were involved in numerous brazen scams, including one involving a fake construction company called Arum Properties that defrauded several people of millions of rands.
Thabo Bester: More twists and turns emerge
In a new twist to one of South Africa’s most sensational criminal cases, The Citizen uncovered baffling events just months before Thabo Bester’s prison escape was discovered. Dr. Nandipha Magudumana reportedly purchased a luxury vehicle from a Johannesburg dealership last year, drove it across the Zimbabwean border, and then inexplicably abandoned it there, leaving the dealership owner and private investigators puzzled.
Bizarre border escape plan?
It is alleged that Thabo Bester’s lover Dr. Nandipha drove her R1,3 million car across the border and “abandoned” it there. The police are also investigating who is the mysterious person responsible for leaving her with R700k in debt for the car.
The same automobile was abandoned on the border of Zimbabwe. However, Nandipha didn’t reveal the person when asked by private investigators from the dealership a month ago. Now the two lovers are nowhere to be found or traced as they fleed the country.
It is also alleged that Dr Nandipha’s housekeeper is missing and that she could be buried in the yard of the house the couple shared. The police are allegedly still doing more investigations into her disappearance. Facebook rapist Thabo who escaped prison by faking his death, is now the most wanted Man in South Africa, together with Dr Nandipha.
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