All Article Properties:
{
"access_control": false,
"status": "publish",
"objectType": "Article",
"id": "1648703",
"signature": "Article:1648703",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-04-16-recaptured-facebook-rapist-thabo-bester-makes-first-court-appearance/",
"shorturl": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/article/1648703",
"slug": "recaptured-facebook-rapist-thabo-bester-makes-first-court-appearance",
"contentType": {
"id": "1",
"name": "Article",
"slug": "article"
},
"views": 0,
"comments": 0,
"preview_limit": null,
"excludedFromGoogleSearchEngine": 0,
"title": "Recaptured ‘Facebook rapist’ Thabo Bester makes first court appearance",
"firstPublished": "2023-04-16 08:44:47",
"lastUpdate": "2023-04-16 08:44:47",
"categories": [
{
"id": "29",
"name": "South Africa",
"signature": "Category:29",
"slug": "south-africa",
"typeId": {
"typeId": "1",
"name": "Daily Maverick",
"slug": "",
"includeInIssue": "0",
"shortened_domain": "",
"stylesheetClass": "",
"domain": "staging.dailymaverick.co.za",
"articleUrlPrefix": "",
"access_groups": "[]",
"locale": "",
"preview_limit": null
},
"parentId": null,
"parent": [],
"image": "",
"cover": "",
"logo": "",
"paid": "0",
"objectType": "Category",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/category/south-africa/",
"cssCode": "",
"template": "default",
"tagline": "",
"link_param": null,
"description": "Daily Maverick is an independent online news publication and weekly print newspaper in South Africa.\r\n\r\nIt is known for breaking some of the defining stories of South Africa in the past decade, including the Marikana Massacre, in which the South African Police Service killed 34 miners in August 2012.\r\n\r\nIt also investigated the Gupta Leaks, which won the 2019 Global Shining Light Award.\r\n\r\nThat investigation was credited with exposing the Indian-born Gupta family and former President Jacob Zuma for their role in the systemic political corruption referred to as state capture.\r\n\r\nIn 2018, co-founder and editor-in-chief Branislav ‘Branko’ Brkic was awarded the country’s prestigious Nat Nakasa Award, recognised for initiating the investigative collaboration after receiving the hard drive that included the email tranche.\r\n\r\nIn 2021, co-founder and CEO Styli Charalambous also received the award.\r\n\r\nDaily Maverick covers the latest political and news developments in South Africa with breaking news updates, analysis, opinions and more.",
"metaDescription": "",
"order": "0",
"pageId": null,
"articlesCount": null,
"allowComments": "1",
"accessType": "freecount",
"status": "1",
"children": [],
"cached": true
},
{
"id": "387188",
"name": "Maverick News",
"signature": "Category:387188",
"slug": "maverick-news",
"typeId": {
"typeId": "1",
"name": "Daily Maverick",
"slug": "",
"includeInIssue": "0",
"shortened_domain": "",
"stylesheetClass": "",
"domain": "staging.dailymaverick.co.za",
"articleUrlPrefix": "",
"access_groups": "[]",
"locale": "",
"preview_limit": null
},
"parentId": null,
"parent": [],
"image": "",
"cover": "",
"logo": "",
"paid": "0",
"objectType": "Category",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/category/maverick-news/",
"cssCode": "",
"template": "default",
"tagline": "",
"link_param": null,
"description": "",
"metaDescription": "",
"order": "0",
"pageId": null,
"articlesCount": null,
"allowComments": "1",
"accessType": "freecount",
"status": "1",
"children": [],
"cached": true
}
],
"content_length": 2943,
"contents": "<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recaptured in Tanzania and brought back to South Africa, convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester appeared in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Friday. He was charged in connection with his escape from G4S-run Mangaung Correctional Centre on 3 May 2022. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The case was postponed until May so that the prosecution can complete its investigation.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A dishevelled Bester entered the courtroom flanked by heavily-armed police and Department of Correctional Services officials.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After he sat down he briefly showed an emotional face with tears in his eyes. He bowed his head but then lifted it up later to face the court and the cameras during the proceedings.</span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1648513\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ED_444125.jpg\" alt=\"Thabo Bester\" width=\"720\" height=\"464\" /> <em>Thabo Bester at Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court on 14 April, 2023 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. The convicted murderer and rapist escaped from the Mangaung Correctional Centre on 3 May 2022. (Photo: Gallo Images / Frikkie Kapp)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State prosecutor Sello Mathloko explained that bail was not an issue because Bester is already a prisoner serving a life sentence.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bester’s lawyer Marvin Carpede requested that the case be sped up because his client has already been sentenced.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also said that since Bester landed in the country he has not eaten anything because he fears being poisoned.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carpede also added that his client’s identity documentation was incorrect and this needed to be resolved. </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily Maverick</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reported on a</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">briefing by</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Minister of Home Affairs Dr Aaron Motsoaledi earlier on Friday. There the minister revealed that Bester’s birth in Johannesburg had not been registered and that he had never been formally documented by Motsoaledi’s department.</span>\r\n\r\n<b>Read more in Daily Maverick:</b> <a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-04-14-he-simply-didnt-exist-aaron-motsoaledi-explains-how-thabo-bester-slipped-through-home-affairs-cracks/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">‘He simply didn’t exist’ — Aaron Motsoaledi explains how Thabo Bester slipped through Home Affairs cracks</span></a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mathloko said it was their aim for the case to be settled as quickly as possible but not in the way Carpede had requested.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“We cannot settle the case within a month,” Mathloko told the court.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the matters of Bester not eating and his incorrect identity documentation Magistrate Mohlolo Kgabisi told Carpede to take the matter to the Departments of Correctional Services and Home Affairs.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A return date of 16 May was then agreed upon by both the prosecution and defence.</span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1648514\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ED_444130.jpg\" alt=\"Thabo Bester\" width=\"720\" height=\"434\" /> <em>Thabo Bester at Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court on 14 April, 2023 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. (Photo: Gallo Images / Frikkie Kapp)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<strong>Read more in Daily Maverick:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-04-12-damning-timeline-government-knew-of-thabo-bester-escape-as-early-as-october-2022-but-failed-to-act/\">Damning timeline — Government knew of Thabo Bester escape as early as October 2022 but failed to act</a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The court heard that Bester will not appear on Monday with the others accused of assisting his escape, namely Dr Nandipha Magudumana; her father, </span><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-04-11-alleged-accomplices-to-thabo-bester-prison-break-appear-in-court/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zolile Sekeleni; former G4s security guard Senohe Matsoara</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; and camera technician Teboho Lipholo.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sekeleni and Matsoara briefly appeared before the same court </span><a href=\"https://groundup.org.za/article/thabo-bester-prison-break-two-men-in-court-charged-with-murder/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Tuesday</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while Magudumana and Lipholo </span><a href=\"https://groundup.org.za/article/nandipha-magudumana-appears-in-court-for-first-time/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">appeared on Thursday</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><b>DM</b>\r\n\r\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First published by </span></i><a href=\"https://www.groundup.org.za/article/recaptured-thabo-bester-returns-to-courtroom/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GroundUp</span></i></a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span></i>",
"teaser": "Recaptured ‘Facebook rapist’ Thabo Bester makes first court appearance",
"externalUrl": "",
"sponsor": null,
"authors": [
{
"id": "478315",
"name": "Becker Semela",
"image": "",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/author/becker-semela/",
"editorialName": "becker-semela",
"department": "",
"name_latin": ""
}
],
"description": "",
"keywords": [
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "17272",
"name": "G4S",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/g4s/",
"slug": "g4s",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "G4S",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "389817",
"name": "Thabo Bester",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/thabo-bester/",
"slug": "thabo-bester",
"description": "Convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester and his accomplice Nandipha Magudumana were extradited to South Africa from Tanzania on 13 April 2023. They were on the run for almost a year.\r\n\r\nIn October 2022, the Inspecting Judge for Correctional Services, Justice Edwin Cameron wrote to Minister of Correctional Services Ronald Lamola:\r\n\r\n“There are indications that, with the collusion of G4S employees and others, a fire was staged in the single cell of one Thabo Bester (the notoriously named so-called ‘Facebook rapist’) and a corpse was smuggled into the cell with the objective of faking inmate Bester’s death and facilitating his escape.”\r\n\r\nBester was arrested in Tanzania along with his associate Nandipha Magudumana on 7 April, eleven months after his escape. But it appears that efforts to apprehend him only started on 24 March.\r\n\r\nThis was after details of Bester’s escape were uncovered by GroundUp.\r\n\r\nAccording to a source who worked at the prison at the time of Bester’s escape, the cell where Bester was kept was on the second floor of the prison. Next to this cell, there is a door that leads down to the exit. “It seems that he would have been able to escape through those doors,” the source said.\r\n\r\nThese doors can only be opened by the control room, the source explained.\r\n\r\nBester has been widely dubbed the \"Facebook rapist\" by the media. He used the social media platform to lure women with claims that international modelling scouts were interested in them.\r\n\r\nHe would then rape them and rob them using a knife. He also murdered at least one of his victims.\r\n\r\nIn 2012, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for these crimes.",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Thabo Bester",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "398059",
"name": "Mangaung Correctional Centre",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/mangaung-correctional-centre/",
"slug": "mangaung-correctional-centre",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Mangaung Correctional Centre",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "399724",
"name": "Dr Nandipha Magudumana",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/dr-nandipha-magudumana/",
"slug": "dr-nandipha-magudumana",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Dr Nandipha Magudumana",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "399975",
"name": "Zolile Sekeleni",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/zolile-sekeleni/",
"slug": "zolile-sekeleni",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Zolile Sekeleni",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "399976",
"name": "Becker Semela",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/becker-semela/",
"slug": "becker-semela",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Becker Semela",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "400080",
"name": "Sello Mathloko",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/sello-mathloko/",
"slug": "sello-mathloko",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Sello Mathloko",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "400081",
"name": "Marvin Carpede",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/marvin-carpede/",
"slug": "marvin-carpede",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Marvin Carpede",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "400082",
"name": "Teboho Lipholo",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/teboho-lipholo/",
"slug": "teboho-lipholo",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Teboho Lipholo",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "400083",
"name": "Senohe Matsoara",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/senohe-matsoara/",
"slug": "senohe-matsoara",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Senohe Matsoara",
"translations": null
}
}
],
"short_summary": null,
"source": null,
"related": [],
"options": [],
"attachments": [
{
"id": "110529",
"name": "Thabo Bester at Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court on 14 April, 2023 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. (Photo: Gallo Images / Frikkie Kapp)",
"description": "<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recaptured in Tanzania and brought back to South Africa, convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester appeared in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Friday. He was charged in connection with his escape from G4S-run Mangaung Correctional Centre on 3 May 2022. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The case was postponed until May so that the prosecution can complete its investigation.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A dishevelled Bester entered the courtroom flanked by heavily-armed police and Department of Correctional Services officials.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After he sat down he briefly showed an emotional face with tears in his eyes. He bowed his head but then lifted it up later to face the court and the cameras during the proceedings.</span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1648513\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"720\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1648513\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ED_444125.jpg\" alt=\"Thabo Bester\" width=\"720\" height=\"464\" /> <em>Thabo Bester at Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court on 14 April, 2023 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. The convicted murderer and rapist escaped from the Mangaung Correctional Centre on 3 May 2022. (Photo: Gallo Images / Frikkie Kapp)</em>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State prosecutor Sello Mathloko explained that bail was not an issue because Bester is already a prisoner serving a life sentence.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bester’s lawyer Marvin Carpede requested that the case be sped up because his client has already been sentenced.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also said that since Bester landed in the country he has not eaten anything because he fears being poisoned.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carpede also added that his client’s identity documentation was incorrect and this needed to be resolved. </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily Maverick</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reported on a</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">briefing by</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Minister of Home Affairs Dr Aaron Motsoaledi earlier on Friday. There the minister revealed that Bester’s birth in Johannesburg had not been registered and that he had never been formally documented by Motsoaledi’s department.</span>\r\n\r\n<b>Read more in Daily Maverick:</b> <a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-04-14-he-simply-didnt-exist-aaron-motsoaledi-explains-how-thabo-bester-slipped-through-home-affairs-cracks/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">‘He simply didn’t exist’ — Aaron Motsoaledi explains how Thabo Bester slipped through Home Affairs cracks</span></a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mathloko said it was their aim for the case to be settled as quickly as possible but not in the way Carpede had requested.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“We cannot settle the case within a month,” Mathloko told the court.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the matters of Bester not eating and his incorrect identity documentation Magistrate Mohlolo Kgabisi told Carpede to take the matter to the Departments of Correctional Services and Home Affairs.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A return date of 16 May was then agreed upon by both the prosecution and defence.</span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1648514\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"720\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1648514\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ED_444130.jpg\" alt=\"Thabo Bester\" width=\"720\" height=\"434\" /> <em>Thabo Bester at Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court on 14 April, 2023 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. (Photo: Gallo Images / Frikkie Kapp)</em>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Read more in Daily Maverick:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-04-12-damning-timeline-government-knew-of-thabo-bester-escape-as-early-as-october-2022-but-failed-to-act/\">Damning timeline — Government knew of Thabo Bester escape as early as October 2022 but failed to act</a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The court heard that Bester will not appear on Monday with the others accused of assisting his escape, namely Dr Nandipha Magudumana; her father, </span><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-04-11-alleged-accomplices-to-thabo-bester-prison-break-appear-in-court/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zolile Sekeleni; former G4s security guard Senohe Matsoara</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; and camera technician Teboho Lipholo.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sekeleni and Matsoara briefly appeared before the same court </span><a href=\"https://groundup.org.za/article/thabo-bester-prison-break-two-men-in-court-charged-with-murder/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Tuesday</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while Magudumana and Lipholo </span><a href=\"https://groundup.org.za/article/nandipha-magudumana-appears-in-court-for-first-time/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">appeared on Thursday</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><b>DM</b>\r\n\r\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First published by </span></i><a href=\"https://www.groundup.org.za/article/recaptured-thabo-bester-returns-to-courtroom/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GroundUp</span></i></a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span></i>",
"focal": "50% 50%",
"width": 0,
"height": 0,
"url": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ED_444118.jpg",
"transforms": [
{
"x": "200",
"y": "100",
"url": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/OA9Ht2H08MsBoBbJ77LxkVlxFeI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ED_444118.jpg"
},
{
"x": "450",
"y": "0",
"url": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/orfjvdMt5BXyMc5GDvCGuEzwewc=/450x0/smart/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ED_444118.jpg"
},
{
"x": "800",
"y": "0",
"url": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/6ty09rLiAchoEsVLai4zyAzbxC0=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ED_444118.jpg"
},
{
"x": "1200",
"y": "0",
"url": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/kL-FsbQPjLsmYHceZhT2U4qK1L4=/1200x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ED_444118.jpg"
},
{
"x": "1600",
"y": "0",
"url": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/n5PMILIdiy-s9WYeluMJnXhXt84=/1600x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ED_444118.jpg"
}
],
"url_thumbnail": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/OA9Ht2H08MsBoBbJ77LxkVlxFeI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ED_444118.jpg",
"url_medium": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/orfjvdMt5BXyMc5GDvCGuEzwewc=/450x0/smart/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ED_444118.jpg",
"url_large": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/6ty09rLiAchoEsVLai4zyAzbxC0=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ED_444118.jpg",
"url_xl": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/kL-FsbQPjLsmYHceZhT2U4qK1L4=/1200x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ED_444118.jpg",
"url_xxl": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/n5PMILIdiy-s9WYeluMJnXhXt84=/1600x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ED_444118.jpg",
"type": "image"
}
],
"summary": "Bester and his accomplice Nandipha Magudumana were extradited to South Africa from Tanzania on 13 April after being on the run for almost a year.",
"template_type": null,
"dm_custom_section_label": null,
"elements": [],
"seo": {
"search_title": "Recaptured ‘Facebook rapist’ Thabo Bester makes first court appearance",
"search_description": "<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recaptured in Tanzania and brought back to South Africa, convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester appeared in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Friday. He was ch",
"social_title": "Recaptured ‘Facebook rapist’ Thabo Bester makes first court appearance",
"social_description": "<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recaptured in Tanzania and brought back to South Africa, convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester appeared in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Friday. He was ch",
"social_image": ""
},
"cached": true,
"access_allowed": true
} 
Thabo Bester at Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court on 14 April, 2023 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. The convicted murderer and rapist escaped from the Mangaung Correctional Centre on 3 May 2022. (Photo: Gallo Images / Frikkie Kapp)
Thabo Bester at Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court on 14 April, 2023 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. (Photo: Gallo Images / Frikkie Kapp)