Four of the former G4S employees accused of aiding Thabo Bester's prison escape have been denied bail on Tuesday the 29th of May 2023.
·11 months ago
Dr Nandipha Magudumana's urgent application to have her arrest and detention declared wrongful and unlawful's judgement will be heard on Monday the 5th of June 2023.
·11 months ago
Bloemfontein High Court Judge Phillip Loubser has dismissed Dr Nandipha Magudumana’s urgent application to have her arrest declared unlawful.
·11 months ago
Dr. Nandipha Magudumana has filed her notice of application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal.
·11 months ago
Police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe has confirmed that another arrest in connection with the Thabo Bester case has been made.
·11 months ago
The case against murder and rape convict Thabo Bester has been postponed to August for further investigations.
·10 months ago
The plot thickens in the Thabo Bester escape saga, following Dr Nandipha Magudumana and five other suspects’ brief appearance in the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court. In what was expected to be the formal bail application, Magudumana decli...
·12 months ago
Following Dr. Nandipha Magudumana challenging her arrest in Tanzania and describing it as unlawful, Tanzania High Commissioner to South Africa, Gaudence Milanzi has revealed that further details around the contested incarceration will em...
·11 months ago
A tearful Dr Nandipha Magudumana told the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court that her lover, convicted serial rapist and murderer Thabo Bester, forced her into a car and took her out of the country against her will.
·8 months ago
Escaped rapist and murderer Thabo Bester and his girlfriend Dr Nandipha Magudumana were reunited on Tuesday morning for the first time since their extradition from Tanzania after their arrest.
·9 months ago
Home Affairs Minister, Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi has expressed that if Thabo Bester would like an ID, he can receive one as early as next week. This comes following revelations of the escaped convict not having any legal documents binding him...
·about 1 year ago
Dr Nandipha Magudumana will have her day in court once again today, alongside her father Cornelius Sekeleni and two other suspects Senohe Matsoara and Teboho Lipholo. The suspects are alleged to have had a hand in the escape of Thabo Bes...
·about 1 year ago
Following the arrest of yet another G4S employee in connection with the prison escape of the ‘Facebook Rapist', Thabo Bester, the suspect is set to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court today.The plot is set to thicken once again...
·about 1 year ago
Dr Nandipha Magudumana’s father, Cornelius ‘Zolile’ Sekeleni, will be able to sleep at home for the time being unlike his daughter and two other co-accused. This comes as the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court granted him R10 000 bail today....
·about 1 year ago
The two suspects who appeared in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court today, in connection with the Thabo Bester prison break saga have officially been charged with murder. This is as the two were apprehended for allegedly aiding in the e...
·about 1 year ago
Thabo Bester will have to get used to Kgosi Mampuru Maximum Security Correctional Centre for the time being. This is as the Bloemfontein Magistrate Court postponed his case to 16 May 2023.Bester appeared in court for the first time today...
·about 1 year ago
It seems as though the South African Police Service (SAPS) and Department of Justice and Correctional Services (JCS) are hard at work at getting to the bottom of the escape of Thabo Bester as well as reviving their reputation.Yet another...
·about 1 year ago
It is the start of a four-day work week for many, with the smell of spices from the fragrant hot-cross buns and pickled fish still in the air. What was expected to be a peaceful and quiet weekend was very far from such, and if the food w...
·about 1 year ago
The Ministers of Police and the Department of Justice and Correctional Services (JCS), Bheki Cele and Ronald Lamola have expressed gratitude to the Tanzanian government for what has been described as “its unequivocal co-operation in the ...
·about 1 year ago
Dr Nandipha Magudumana will have to remain in police custody once again, following what was her first court appearance today. Magudumana appeared at the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court in Mangaung in the Free State alongside the recently...
·about 1 year ago