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5 December 2025 | ARTICLE
By Marecia Damons
...Thabo Bester appeared in the Free State High Court on Friday. Photo: Becker Semela The long-delayed Thabo Bester trial is scheduled to begin on 20 July 2026. Bester has at least six pending court ca...
17 June 2025 | ARTICLE
By Daniel Steyn
...Thabo Bester trial that there will be consequences should they unreasonably delay proceedings. Bester, a convicted rapist and murderer standing trial for escaping from Mangaung prison in 2022, has a p...
16 May 2025 | ARTICLE
By Tania Broughton
...Thabo Bester in April 2023. Magudumana faces multiple charges for helping Bester escape from prison in May 2022. She is currently in prison awaiting trial, which is set to start in July. Her legal te...
5 November 2024 | ARTICLE
By Tania Broughton
...Thabo Bester) and her “forced return” to South Africa was unlawful and invalid. Her legal team previously raised this “disguised extradition” argument in the Bloemfontein High Court. While that court ...
29 October 2024 | ARTICLE
By Marecia Damons
...Thabo Bester’s prison escape. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks The portfolio committee for Correctional Services still has questions about Thabo Bester’s prison escape. On Tuesday, the committee discu...
24 October 2024 | ARTICLE
By Daniel Steyn
...Bester had escaped. Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu has confirmed that the South African Police Service (SAPS) released convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester after apprehending him for speeding ...
30 September 2024 | ARTICLE
By Marecia Damons and Daniel Steyn
...Thabo Bester’s prison escape. Bester escaped from Mangaung Correctional Centre, a privately-run maximum security prison, in May 2022 by faking his death in a cell fire with the help of celebrity docto...
19 September 2024 | ARTICLE
By GroundUp Editors
...Thabo Bester. Bester is a murderer, rapist, fraud and con-artist. But his rights and the rights of other people like him in South African prisons are protected by the Constitution, as they must be. Se...
18 September 2024 | ARTICLE
By Daniel Steyn
...Thabo Bester’s prison conditions Thabo Bester, who is continuing his life sentence for murder and rape after escaping from Mangaung Correctional Centre in May 2022, has raised the matter of his prison...
31 July 2024 | ARTICLE
By Tania Broughton
...Thabo Bester, and his girlfriend Nandipha Magudumana, has been set down by the Bloemfontein High Court. Photo: Becker Semela The trial of Thabo Bester and co-accused has been set for 10 February 2025...