CHARLES MOLELE
NOTORIOUS ‘Facebook rapist’ and convicted murderer Thabo Bester, his socialite doctor wife Dr Nandipha Magudumana and a Mozambican national have been arrested in Tanzania following a dramatic police swoop, Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola confirmed on Saturday.
The criminal couple known as ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ were arrested, along with their Mozambican accomplice, Zakaria Alberto, on Friday night by Tanzanian authorities in Arusha, approximately 10 kilometres from the Kenyan border.
Alberto is believed to have assisted Bester and Magudumana to cross borders and evade law enforcement authorities.
“The Minister of Police and the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, can confirm that escapee Mr Thabo Bester with his accomplice Dr Nandipha Maguduma along with a Mozambican national have been arrested in Tanzania late last night,” said Lamola in a joint statement on the arrest of the ‘outlaw couple’.
“On 26 March 2023, the National Commissioner of the South African Police
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