Thabo & Nandipha: Motsoaledi to hold briefing on Home Affairs-related aspects

Minister Aaron Motsoaledi will hold a briefing on aspects related to the Department of Home Affairs regarding Thabo Bester and his accomplice Dr Nandipha Magudumana.

The two who were on the run were arrested in Arusha, Tanzania and deported to South Africa on Thursday, 13 April.

HOME AFFAIRS BRIEFING ON THABO BESTER AND NANDIPHA MAGUDUMANA

The Department of Home Affairs said Motsolaedi will brief the nation on Friday, 14 April on aspects such as identification and documentation.

Following the arrest of Bester and Magudumana, Police Minister Bheki Cele confirmed that the two were found with multiple passports that were unstamped just 10km away from the border. It is believed they were heading to Kenya.

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TWO ACCUSED APPEAR IN COURT

Meanwhile, Magudumana appeared before the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court alongside Teboho Lipholo, a technician contracted at the Mangaung Correctional Centre where Bester escaped.

The State requested that the matter be postponed to Monday, 17 April, so the accused, who did not plead, can appear alongside accused 1 and 2 in the matter, which is Magudumana’s father, Zolile Cornelius Sekeleni, and former G4S guard Senohe Ishmael Matsoara.

Sekeleni and Matsoara were charged with arson, fraud and defeating the ends of justice and murder.

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Earlier on Thursday, National police commissioner General Fannie Masemola said Magudumana would be facing charges related to aiding and abetting the escape of Bester.

“She will also be facing murder for a number of bodies that we did find in her possession. Also, violation of bodies and also fraud charges,” said Masemola.

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