Africa-Press – South-Africa. Celebrity doctor Mmereka Ntshani, better known as Dr Pashy, is seeking legal advice on allegations that Dr Nandipha Magudumana assumed her identity while on the run with Facebook rapist, Thabo Bester.
“We have learnt with great concern through various media outlets of the potential stolen identity of our founder, Dr Mmereka Patience Martha Ntshani, by Dr Nandipha Magudumana,” the Dr Pashy Foundation said.
“Dr Ntshani is seeking legal advice, and to the extent that these reports are true, the matter will be dealt with legally,” the foundation added.
It sent out a statement on Monday after the arrest of Magudumana and Bester in Tanzania.
They had gone on the run after news organisation GroundUp broke the news of Bester’s prison escape last month.
According to the foundation, which identifies with the Power Women Group and the International Power Women Foundation, Magudumana was one of the guest speakers at a medical seminar Ntshani hosted in 2020.
It said in its statement:
After the event, according to the statement, the foundation entered into a public relations agreement with Vibes Africa Incorporated International – a company “wholly owned by Dr Nandipha Magudumana”.
However, the foundation denied that Ntshani had received funding from Magudumana or the organisation affiliated with her.
Authorities initially believed that Bester had died in a fire in May 2022 at the Mangaung maximum-security prison, where he had been serving a life sentence for murder.
However, they later admitted that the charred body in the cell was not Bester’s. The identity of the deceased has not yet been established.
At a press briefing on Saturday, Police Minister Bheki Cele and Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola announced that Magudumana, Bester and a Mozambican national had been arrested in Arusha, Tanzania.
Lamola said the convicted murderer was apprehended together with his “accomplices”, Magudumana and a Mozambican national who was “assisting them”.
They were found in alleged possession of multiple passports.
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