PHUTI MOSOMANE
HOME Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Friday that Thabo Bester, a convicted murderer, does not possess an official identity document, but he is a South African citizen.
Motsoaledi said that his department was able to locate Bester’s birth records at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, despite him not being registered in the National Population Register.
According to reports, Bester was born on June 13, 1986, at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital to a mother who had four children, but he was never registered with the Department of Home Affairs. Interestingly, his three siblings were registered.
The Department of Home Affairs was also reported to have visited Bester’s mother, Maria Mabaso, who revealed that her mother, Thabo Bester’s grandmother, used the surname Bester.
Motsoaledi said that Thabo Bester’s mother told him that Bester disappeared at the age of 16 when asked why he was not registered with the Department of
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