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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>There is no evidence that Facebook rapist and prison escapee Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana left South Africa via a legal port of entry.<\/p>\n

It’s likely that Bester and Magudumana, who were arrested in Tanzania earlier this month, fled SA by crossing into a neighbouring country through the porous borders.<\/p>\n

This was the inference to be drawn from comments made by Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, who briefed the media about the Bester saga on Friday.<\/p>\n

Motsoaledi confirmed that, through the monitoring of the movement control system, both Bester and Magudumana did not leave SA via a border post.<\/p>\n

The minister gave more details about the travel documents in possession of Bester and Magudumana on the day they were arrested in Tanzania, along with a Mozambican national, about 10km from the Kenyan border on 7 April.<\/p>\n

‘American’ passport <\/b><\/p>\n

Bester was found with a purported American passport in the name of Tom Williams Kelly.<\/p>\n

Motsoaledi said it had not yet been ascertained whether the passport was fake or whether it was obtained fraudulently.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Magudumana was found in possession of two passports belonging to another doctor. The one passport had already expired.<\/p>\n

Motsoaledi said none of the passports had been used and that Magudumana had not impersonated the doctor.<\/p>\n

The doctor in question allegedly claimed she lost the expired passport in 2019 and applied for a new one. This was the same expired passport found in the possession of Magudumana.<\/p>\n

Motsoaledi added that the doctor made a statement to police in March this year, where she said she gave her valid passport to Magudumana for purposes of applying for “US citizenship” on her behalf.<\/p>\n

Magudumana had her own valid passport, which was last used in May 2022, when she left South Africa to Zimbabwe, using the Beitbridge border post.<\/p>\n

She returned to South Africa three days later on 12 May 2022. Her passport had not been used since.<\/p>\n

Bester is South African<\/b><\/p>\n

Motsoaledi said Bester is a South African national, but that he did not have any form of identification.<\/p>\n

Through Bester’s mother, Home Affairs was able to confirm Bester’s birth at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Johannesburg on 13 June 1986.<\/p>\n

Bester was never registered with Home Affairs and, by the time he was 16, he had run away from home, according to his mother.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Africa. There is no evidence that Facebook rapist and prison escapee Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana left South Africa via a legal port of entry. It’s likely that Bester and Magudumana, who were arrested in Tanzania earlier this month, fled SA by crossing into a neighbouring country through the porous borders. 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