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According to a source, Dr Nandipha Magudumana’s father was arrested by authorities on Saturday, 8 April, following the arrests of his daughter and Thabo Bester in Tanzania on the same day.
On Saturday, April 8, EWN reported that police detained Dr Nandipha Magudumana’s father in order to obtain further information in their investigation into her partner, Thabo Bester’s, prison break.
The SAPS is hopeful that Magudumana’s father and an employee will provide information about Bester’s 2011 escape from Mangaung Correctional Centre.
In a press conference, Police Minister Bheki Cele stated that Magudumana and Bester could not have acted alone.
“We believe that the doctor herself could not have done it alone – this thing of keeping him safe and all that running. But if police are part of a cover-up, then we will find them. But I believe that a big portion of police, they just try to do their work and fly below the radar,” said Cele in a media briefing.
ENCA reveals that police were looking for Dr Nandipha Magudumana’s family, her mother , her brother, and her father in particular.
It is reported that her family was living in her Hyde Park home at some point, though it’s unclear if this was before or after Bester’s escape.
A property developer told ENCA that Nandipha moved her family to an apartment, to probably make way for Bester.
“Police are looking for accomplices, people that may have known about the death in prison. Nandi’s father was arrested with three others. They’re arrested with regards to bodies that may be buried in the Hyde Park hideout,” reports ENCA.
TimesLIVE reported on Wednesday, 5 April that two employees, a helper, and a gardener, who worked for Bester and Magudumana are missing.
TimesLIVE also revealed on Sunday, 9 April that police are also investigating any involvement in the three corpses that were stolen by Dr Nandipha Magudumana from Free State mortuaries.
The celebrity doctor, who is accused of committing insurance fraud reportedly stole three unclaimed bodies from Free State mortuaries to use as a replacement for her lover Thabo Bester during his prison escape.
According to Zimoja, one of the bodies, which Dr Nandi claimed to be of her father, was found dumped in a river with its identification toe tag still attached, a week after she took possession of it.
The second body was that of an unknown man whom they claimed was Bester and had burnt to death at the Magaung Correctional Center in May 2022. It is unknown who the third body belongs to at this stage.
Minister Lamola said a warrant of arrest has been issued for Dr Nandi’s arrest as she needs to come back to the country and face the law for her crimes.
Dr Nandipha Magudumana 's father has been arrested.#MDNnews Thabo Bester pic.twitter.com/HdlJQR0peu
— MDN NEWS (@MDNnewss) April 9, 2023
The extradition process of Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha might be a little bit lengthier, it could take a few days or up to 2 months according to sources in Tanzania. #MDNnews pic.twitter.com/BxWQ47EGDJ
— MDN NEWS (@MDNnewss) April 9, 2023
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Dr. Nandipha Magudumana’s father, Zolile Cornelius Sekeleni, was arrested by task team, from Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, in conjunction with Correctional Services for aiding and abetting. He was apparently working for TK, businessman based in New York, not knowing it was Bester. pic.twitter.com/BEdLvJ4oSK
— Mzilikazi wa Afrika (@IamMzilikazi) April 9, 2023
Dr Nandipha Magudumana’s father & 3 others has been arrested in connection with bodies buried at the Hyde park mansion & the hideout place for Thabo Bester.#NandiphafatherArrested #ThaboBester #NandiphaMagudumana pic.twitter.com/wKPkuNMQ07
— Bonolo teffo (@Bonoloteffo1) April 9, 2023