Penny Lebyane’s face was spotted in Showmax docuseries Tracking Thabo Bester.
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Familiar face: Penny Lebyane makes appearance in Thabo Bester doccie
Media personality Penny Lebyane was one of many celebs unknowingly associated with Thabo Bester and his co-accused Nandipha Magudumana.
Penny Lebyane’s face was spotted in Showmax docuseries Tracking Thabo Bester.
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Penny Lebyane was one of many South African celebrities who unknowingly frequented criminally-accused skin doctor Nandipha Magudumana. The media personality was spotted in a snippet of Showmax’s Tracking Thabo Bester.
Nandipha – a successful entrepreneur – was the owner of Optimum Medical Aesthetics Solutions, a Sandton-based beauty business.
At the time, she also ran several fraudulent businesses and events alongside Bester, including Arum Holdings and Vibes Africa Incorporated. In 2021, she allegedly assisted him in an elaborate prison escape plan.
The duo reportedly swindled “millions” out of countless victims in the media, property, and healthcare sector.
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In one segment of Tracking Thabo Bester, TV and radio personality Penny Lebyane was seen visiting Nandipha Magudumana’s Sandton skin clinic.
Penny was one of several stars who visited the high-end beauty business. Others include former Miss South Africas Zozi Tunzi and Shudu Musida, actor Moshe Ndiki, and Nigerian pop star Davido.
When Nandipha’s link to Bester came to light in 2023, Penny expressed her shock.
She tweeted in April 2023: “I had a retinal facial on 9 March. Literally, a week later, Dr Nandipha unravelled on the timeline.”
Like many others, Penny was left dumbfounded about how the successful woman “threw her life away” for convicted rapist and murderer, Thabo Bester.
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As a successful cosmetics doctor, Dr Nandipha has befriended many celebrities over the years. In pictures that have gone viral on social media, the skincare guru is seen rubbing shoulders with celebs like Thabo Mbeki, Jessica Nkosi, Redi Tlhabi, and Terry Pheto.
Redi later distanced herself from Nandipha after much public backlash.
The investigative journalist insisted her friendship with Nandipha was formed through their partners, Brian Tlhabi and Mkhuseli Magumana, who are friends. She also claims she last spoke to Magadumana in 2019.
In a series of tweets, she posted:
“People digging up old pictures….like we should have all known that years later, she’d be smuggling a serial rapist out of jail? We should have read it in her eyes?
“I’ve not seen her since Feb 2019. And with the end of her marriage to Brian’s close friend & by extension, my friend, we have not had any contact. I am shattered for her little girls AND would still call the cops on her.”
