South Africa: Thabo Bester's Partner, Nandipha Magudumana, Appears in Court for 'Murder of a Number of Bodies'

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Zolile Sekeleni consoles Nandipha Madugumana in the Bloemfontein Magistrates’ Court on Monday April 17, 2023.
13 April 2023
Daily Maverick (Johannesburg)
analysis By Becker Semela

Nandipha Magudumana appeared in the dock with Teboho Lipholo, an alleged co-conspirator in Thabo Bester's escape from the Mangaung Correctional Centre.

Thabo Bester's partner, Dr Nandipha Magudumana, and Teboho Lipholo, an alleged co-conspirator in Bester's escape from prison, appeared briefly in the Bloemfontein Magistrates' Court on Thursday. Their formal bail application was postponed to Monday, 17 April.

The duo appeared before the court facing charges including aiding the escape of Bester, a convicted murderer and rapist, from the Mangaung Correctional Centre. Magudumana's charges include aiding and abetting escape, "murder of a number of bodies", violation of bodies and fraud, according to SAPS Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola. Bester and Magudumana arrived in South Africa on Thursday after being detained in Tanzania.

Magudumana and Lipholo will both be joined to the cases against Magudumana's father, Zolile Sekeleni, and the former G4S security officer Senohe Matsoara, who appeared before the same court on Tuesday. Those cases were also postponed to next week Monday.

Magudumana and Lipholo had been detained at Park Road Police Station before being taken to court. They entered the court chained by their legs but with their hands free and flanked by heavily armed police officers.

Magudumana wore a hoodie pulled closely around her face and covered her mouth and nose with a mask. She kept her head down throughout....

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