Thabo Bester | The great escape

eNCA Senior Reporter Silindelo Masikane shows us how Thabo Bester and his partner in crime, Nandipha Magudumana fled their Hyde Park hideout, and ended up in Tanzania. Courtesy of #DStv403

[@vumani007]

This Thabo Bester story is starting to feel like we're being distracted from an even bigger story that's currently unfolding...

[@emkaygcaba3907]

same feeling here.💯

[@ncisept5900]

True

[@PrincessVelaryon]

IMF has revised SAs growth to 0.1 due unreliable electricity. But we are not seeing headlines about that.

[@LesegoMakgorogo]

​@@PrincessVelaryon we won't see that story cos our president is playing along with them

[@PrincessVelaryon]

@Lesego Makgorogo Your right. I guess they are already laying the groundwork for the elections.

[@takievicky8364]

Dr Pashy knew about Thabo Better hence she gave them passport to facilitate Business trip. This feels like a movie that we are all part of.😂

[@gadijaalexander1272]

I aggree

[@JohnBradley-ys4dj]

Hey am very impressed with your profile and personalities.. if you don't mind me asking, where are you from.!!!

[@takievicky8364]

@@JohnBradley-ys4dj in SA

[@JohnBradley-ys4dj]

@@takievicky8364 wow that's nice

[@JohnBradley-ys4dj]

@@takievicky8364 I'm from Pretoria

[@skanaraki2161]

She left her children behind for a criminal? Damn. I can't imagine what they must be going through.

[@pen4hire27]

... and brought them into a house she was sharing with that criminal, a rapist and a murderer.

[@mysisterisafoodie]

So that Instagram post claiming she was resuming appointments was really just a decoy because she was already heavily on the run.

[@fikelwagilili1120]

Can't believe she abandoned her kids

[@hlongwakhulekani405]

Kids will also and leave her since he chose a man

[@Arun71150]

What some won't do for a man 😮

[@JohnBradley-ys4dj]

Hey am very impressed with your profile and personalities.. if you don't mind me asking, where are you from.!!!

[@PlutoForrest]

"Thabo did not escape but he walked out" as per Prof Kholofelo Rakubu's last week interview with bra Dan Moyane thus the title should be "The Great Walk-Out"🤣🤣

[@iizateba299]

Just tried telling them Dude just waltzed out,they talking about escape, Lol

[@bellabeautiful4281]

This should be a series

[@LeratoM98]

It's crazy how different women were getting weak over him. He's not even cute😩. If he was movie star attractive I'd understand a bit. But all that- even destroying her family, abandoning kids, going from Dr to criminal just for money??! No man, it doesn't make sense!

[@matetemahlatji8484]

😂😂smooth criminal with a silver tounge...that's what I'm gonna say

[@LesegoMakgorogo]

Women fell for bad guys always. It is in nature of women

[@nononsense7019]

Nam angazi what's so special ngaye. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@maritzalottering2238]

Money Talks 😂

[@reabetsweimanmoabi7911]

He is Attractive... you should see him after a shower and with clean stylish clothes

[@slindsayharmon1086]

Dr Pashy should be apprehended for aiding & abetting a convicted felon! Why hasn’t she been arrested? Giving her time to make up stories!!

[@munghilepheeane8528]

Why did Dr Phasy give her passport to Nandipha (her friend) and Bester (a prison escapee) to facilitate a trip to the USA? And yet, she didn't see any need to alert the police of Thabo Bester's whereabouts? Dr Phashy should be locked up as well.

[@bhuuthesecond]

I don’t think he introduced himself as ‘Thabo Bester, convicted rapist and murderer, and current fugitive,’ when he met Dr Pashy.

[@mandy7168]

@@bhuuthesecond even though we know this Facebook rapist they are all in this together

[@bhuuthesecond]

@@mandy7168 if you asked me if 2023 Thabo Bester is the same guy as 2012 Thabo Bester I wouldn’t be able to see the resemblance. I’d just think they slightly look alike but otherwise they are different people and it’s not the same guy. I’m sure that’s the tactic he used in Pashy. Nawe if they asked you you’d just say “a lot of people mistake us for the same person”.

[@mandy7168]

@@bhuuthesecond oh wow I’m good in memory and that’s part of my job to recognize people’s futures I understand we are not the same but I did manage to see him here online without even knowing anything , we have to recognize such people

[@bhuuthesecond]

@@mandy7168 True. We have to be able to recognise these types.

[@unoluthandomazibuko9716]

I think they gonna kill this guy because of the high profile people involved in his escape...

[@Justincrock10]

He should’ve laid low somewhere like the middle of nowhere in South Africa if we went under the radar, they probably wouldn’t have caught him

[@Tylaofficcial]

Why didn't the officials have the same energy and travel to Dubai to ensure the Guptas are extradited from the UAE

[@amandan1362]

Don't forget Tanzania govt did all the work ..

[@bhuuthesecond]

We have an extradition treaty with Tanzania, but not United Arab Emirates (the country where the city of Dubai is in). The Gupta brothers are very careful to not enter any countries that have extradition treaties with South Africa. Hence their new move to Vanatu and not a place like UK or USA.

[@Tylaofficcial]

No one tried with the Guptas.... Regardless of extradition treaties and the like.... Did anyone try to pursue any alternative legal remedies..... The answer is No... We are talking about hard core treason that brought an entire economy to it's knees and not a damn thing was done. No one is holding anyone accountable

[@bhuuthesecond]

@UNCENSORED Dude I don’t think you’ve been watching the news. Ronald Lamola tried to get the UAE authorities to hand over the Guptas but UAE at the last moment changed their minds about sending them to SA. Yes we could send special forces to kidnap them Bin Laden style, but sending armed forces onto foreign soil would be an act of war. Basically they’re gone and there is nothing we can do about it.

[@maritzalottering2238]

We are being distracted from the gold Mafia..

[@naylo_sa]

SO THIS HOW THEY MAKE US FORGET ABOUT AKA ? #JUSTICEFORAKA

[@jaymorgan1928]

Security in this country is in shambles

[@labakes1389]

Honestly feel like this Thabo news is taking away from other shit that’s happening in this country!! What about all the other crimes going on Cele 😡

[@stubromac2711]

He’s gonna cry when he gets to c max in kokstad😂😂😂

[@mambaman9363]

I see Netflix licking its lips. The GREATEST ESCAPE will be the title. They’ll have a problem finding an actor to play Bester, but no problem finding the cast to play the incompetent ministers of police and corrections.

[@langamaphumulo5009]

These two shouldn't have been able to leave South Africa,they should have been stopped at the border to KwaBulawayo!

[@thefamousdjx]

Cant tell me they have only have a single picture for a whole week

[@puseletso98]

Ke a e tshaba pipi. She abandoned her kids 😮😮😮

[@Zodwakhauoe501]

What you are doing with the Case of Bester, you must deal exactly with the Case of Senzo Meyiwa it's what we want to see in this country, Families are Crying no one is listening or taking responsibility

[@muliyechuula9098]

What exactly is wrong with this woman????? I am a woman myself but whaaaaaat does "love" do to women: you abandon your young kids and your professional life for a rapist, murderous crook of crooks: WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY??????????????????????????????

[@JohnBradley-ys4dj]

Hey am very impressed with your profile and personalities.. if you don't mind me asking, where are you from.!!!

[@southernafricanboy4148]

It's Taaanzania not Tenzania Let's pronounce names properly please

[@nononsense7019]

Amen

[@southernafricanboy4148]

@@nononsense7019 It annoys especiay with a certain race because they never mispronounce white names

[@johnsmit5816]

@@southernafricanboy4148 no one cares; no one.

[@southernafricanboy4148]

@@johnsmit5816 ok

[@BavySmallz]

Text Angie Motshekga for that. Also, ask her to tell us who died and made you minister of pronunciation?

[@Sqedabantwana]

At this point enca is just milking this story

[@Eric-pu7lp]

If it wasn’t for them this would have died down due to our incompetent legal system

[@bhuuthesecond]

And I’m here for every drop of that milk

[@SuzanneJeffersons]

Thabos life is in serious danger,He will be very lucky if he survives, Those who helped working with him will not let him live

[@philamasuku8325]

Showmax must make a movie about this 😂

[@elizeleroux6388]

Thabo Bester and his bonny and Clyde type of escape , where someone outclass the intelligence of the authority , Bester and his lying lady should be warned , there remains a heavy penalty the other side of this life , outwitting the law with inside jobs of correction service workers , they will be included in the judgment by God , firstly they do crimes inside prison cells , all their deeds are open before Gods eyes , people go to hell , they can believe these words , there are people suffering because they thought the same , they could do as they please , but , we cannot do that , when it comes to overstepping our boundaries to steal, lie and murder , and con God's righteousness, that He demands in the world . If the inside prison walls becomes a harlot, and a holiday Inn for gangsterism among prison warders and prisoners , then a big awaking are waiting for them. Prisoners must know Jesus died not for nothing , he died for them, on condition they turn to him, and see their ways as meaningless , and He can save them for eternal life , if they walk in righteous way , and leave their wickedness

[@dimphokhunou9701]

I am following this story closely!

[@eunicemaxaku6718]

Hayi South Africa kwavulazibhuqe.yhini nandipha ufundekangaka kanti uzobaleka emva komntu ushiyawena ayodlwengula.

[@shauntiey]

Yohhhhh these doctors 😮

[@modestmatty]

Thabo Bester is a giant. His earlobe stands at 6ft tall when he’s crouched over pointing at the entire South Africa.

[@heavens3061]

😂😂😂

[@richmutsena9709]

He wanted freedom in a wrong way .but feel bad for doc Nandipa money 💰 is the route of all evil my dear .l wish the law will give u a lesser punchment bcoz u was doing it for love ❤. Only God can forgive u not humans

[@JohnBradley-ys4dj]

Hey am very impressed with your profile and personalities.. if you don't mind me asking, where are you from.!!!

[@PrincessVelaryon]

These headlines and thumbnails are click bait at this point

[@wolfsisterhowls]

And every time you click you let them know you want more...

[@rodproduction6326]

Ibongwe Ultra maximum in kokstad is waiting for him .

[@kevinlenyatsa3648]

Is this ALL the news we have in SA?

[@AugustineChad]

How did they move from Bulawayo to Zambia?

[@bellabeautiful4281]

Driving

[@AugustineChad]

It doesn’t make sense though…. Very long & potholed route

[@peacendlovu8439]

Had they stayed in Bulawayo no one was gonna find them...

[@foreverfriendsfoundation2289]

Make a movie THE GREAT ESCAPE OFF BANNAN LAND

[@wiseguykz6278]

Bro was supposed to go to DRC from there he would have had the ability to chill travel or just be

[@jennydeville3244]

How wh6 did u give them yr passport y y explain

[@jaymorgan1928]

These crooks must be kept in jail no bail

[@chipod6254]

If track and trace followed them to Bulawayo why didn't they just arrest them

[@thefamousdjx]

Incompetence its clear they cant bring him back but they embarrassed. bester aint coming he might as well be jesus

[@joycencube558]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@bendlamini3376]

THABO BESTER FOR PRESIDENT

[@mrmkhosana6876]

I saw them in Nkulumane Bulawayo on the 17th 🤭

[@southernafricanboy4148]

You lie surely Where in Nkulumane? I thought a saw persons fitting their description at rugby club near Grey's prison last week

[@emkaygcaba3907]

you should be arrested for keeping such information

[@RayOfLetsatsi]

​@@emkaygcaba3907 Use your brain please, did the person say they didn't report them?

[@mrmkhosana6876]

@@southernafricanboy4148 What was a "South African boy" doing near Grey prison in Bulawayo?

[@emkaygcaba3907]

@@RayOfLetsatsi use your brains because i didn't ask you .!!!nawe you must be arrested

[@cornelitumeleng9057]

Turbo booster 😂😂😂

[@mugundulamugundula38]

Poor reporting. You couldn't even just show the houses, just using graphics

[@ghakeembrenner5524]

And Guptas can’t you bring them home for trail to 😵‍💫

[@mphelar]

Bushiri and Lukau are gone. Poor policing.

[@bhuuthesecond]

But then why were Bonnie and Clyde extradited but then those two people you mentioned were allowed to walk?

[@leonpotgieter-kl3gb]

Where is Zuma,Guptas and Ace Makgashole? This Government is useless

[@FaridaEvans-uf3kj]

PLEASE Lord give this to TREVOR TO DIRECT SOUTH AFRICANS DUMBEST ESCAPEES 😂LMF Im going nowhere slowly

[@barinemarketing1884]

Who ever calls this escape is great escape is a real mampara , This is r real mampara and corruption escape.

[@shk1soulgodly883]

Milking the views now 😂😂

[@blitzzmeregi7880]

They should have settled in Zambia

[@dubai2725]

Thabo he did a good move to run away.But he was not supposed to walk in public, avoiding shoppings, clubs etc. The only thing was supposed to hide himself until aman😂

[@Living_with_Gimmyblack]

How can you say that? How is a rapist running away a ‘good move’?

[@Mystical_Crew_Makhosi]

😂😂 I agree!! Why go shopping???

[@view7214]

The spirit of the lady she killed is very strong that’s why

[@dubai2725]

@@Mystical_Crew_Makhosi jus imagine kkkk he was not supposed to do shopping

[@Rose-ez7qg]

​@@Living_with_Gimmyblack Also surprised as to why people romanticize his story. Like this man killed and raped someone and you're talking about him" not doing a good move" that's crazy 🤦

[@RuthOncke-gi3ed]

Doctor jail bird she knew what she was doing no one force her big lier

[@thandobheka6371]

Is she even a Dr

[@salomerathebe3135]

This pashy thing is part of this manyofonyofo she must be arrested

[@syamthandakhondlo5787]

OSAMA BINLADIN THIS ONE

[@carcher3279]

Abdul Osama bin Bester. 😂

[@CeceliaMapuma-ky2yr]

Am not interested in News I've got TV.

[@iizateba299]

Why y'al keep saying he escaped? Dude literally WALKED OUT like the Goat that he is.

[@sbongisenincube8899]

He can Zim by feet but they would not crossed The border that border is so tyt for cars

[@shauntiey]

Bonnie and .....

[@catekariuki3567]

Hollywood movie

[@SamuelPaulsen-bc3ur]

Liverpool

[@thandiwekhumalo9829]

Uyayithanda imali Nandipha nempilo ephambili uzenzile akakhalelwa ngoba asizwa lutho ngokuthi wakhe wareporter ngalesisigelekeqe ubufuna ifa uze utshade nomuntu ongena finger prints, ID nemvelaphi yakhe engaqondakali uyayithanda imali aweneliswa lutho