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Thabo Bester, a convicted rapist and murderer, and his lover or “customary law wife,” Dr Nandipha Magudumana, were captured in Tanzania on Friday, 7 April, with bogus identification certificates bearing new names, according to City Press.
Bester, also known as the “Facebook rapist,” allegedly assumed an American identity and went by the name Tommy William Kelly. Meanwhile, his celebrity doctor companion went by the name Martha Patience Mmerika Nitshini.
While this was Magudumana’s first documented identity, the convicted rapist and murderer has used over 14 different identities in the past. According to the IOL, his other aliases included Thomas Bester, Tom Bester, and Thabo Bester. Tom Bester, Tom Kelly, Thomas Kelly Bester, Thomas Berter, TK, Thomas Kelly Young, Kelly Young, Thomas Magagula, Thabo Magagula, Kelly Johnstone, Rufus Mahopo, Thomas Magagula, Thabo Magagula, Kelly Johnstone, Thomas Magagula, Thabo Magagula and Tom Rufus Reddy. His most recent alias was Tom Katlego Motsepe Nkwana aka TK Nkwana.
Although arrested on Friday in Tanzania, Bester and Magudumana’s arrest came to light on Saturday afternoon.
During a media briefing in Pretoria, Gauteng, Justice Minister Ronald Lamola and Police Minister Bheki Cele revealed that the couple was arrested along with a Mozambican national by police in Tanzania.
According to Cele, the trio — who were in the west African country illegally — were caught 10 kilometres away from the Kenyan border with multiple fake passports.
“He was in a black SUV, three of them. They were stopped…by the police of Tanzania,” Cele said.
Lamola said that a South African delegation as well as South African Police Services (SAPS) would leave for Tanzania on Sunday to ensure the couple is brought back home.
“We are confident that, indeed, the good mutual working relations we have with Tanzania will enable us to ensure that all the fugitives South Africa is looking for… can be brought back to South Africa as speedily as possible,” Lamola said.
