Dr Nandipha, Thabo bester

Nandipha Magudumana is accused of trying to change public opinion about her.
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Damage control? Nandipha’s friend dragged over interview [video]

Clean up campaign? Nandipha Magudumana’s childhood friend has been trashed for putting all the blame on Thabo Bester.

Dr Nandipha, Thabo bester

Nandipha Magudumana is accused of trying to change public opinion about her.
Images via Twitter:
@am_blujay

Nandipha Magudumana is accused of trying to do damage control on her image after a “childhood friend” claimed that Thabo Bester was to blame for her demise.

But South Africans are not buying the story, going as to accuse the celebrity aesthetics doctor of driving a “PR campaign.”

Bester faked his death and escaped from his cell in the Mangaung Correctional Centre on 3 May 2022. He did so with the help of former G4S employees, his partner Nandipha and her father, Zolile Cornelius Sekeleni.

IS NANDIPHA TRYING TO CHANGE HER PUBLIC PERCEPTION?

According to social media users, the disgraced doctor is using multiple tactics like playing on public sympathy to garner support.

This allegedly includes;

  • The leak of Thabo Bester’s alleged verbally abusive WhatsApp voice note in April. In it, he threatens to assault her.
  • Wearing her wedding ring to estranged husband Mkhuseli Magudumana in court.
  • Blowing kisses and waving to loved ones in court.

CHILDHOOD FRIEND: ‘SHE ALWAYS STUDIE THE BIBLE’

Speaking anonymously to eNCA, Nandipha’s friend expressed his shock at Nandipha’s demise. 

He said: “She was reserved, quiet, well-behaved. She was either reading books or studying the Bible or in youth activities.

Of Thabo Bester, the friend said: “He snatched her up and led her astray. She is caught up in a bad situation by someone who left her stray with all his conniving and thieving ways.

“She got in too deep and dint know how to turn back.”

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Nandipha Magudumana’s childhood friend claims she was influenced by criminal Thabo Bester. Images via Twitter: @am_blujay

The friend also described Bester as being “mean” and physically abusive towards Nandipha and her children. 

He added: “I don’t know him personally, but he is a mean fellow. He used to beat up her children; that’s why she is so terrified of him.

“This guy had some power over her. It was either the threat of life or something else”.

SOUTH AFRICANS SPEAK OUT

Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magudumana have been big talking points on social media. And many think the latter is just as cunning and calculative as the convicted fraudster following the interview.

@FsTebza: “PR 4 Magudumana the criminal.”

@XUFFLER: “Clean up campaign. We see you!”

@ThabangTalks: “There’s no childhood friend who can claim to know the real me today. Who I was from childhood is not who I am today and want to be in the future”.

@Duhunye: “Ted Bundy was also upstanding, according to his friends.”

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