The ANC has applauded the arrest of escaped convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester and his partner Dr Nandipha Magudumana in Arusha, Tanzania, together with a Mozambican national suspected of assisting their escape from justice.
Last week, South African crime intelligence operatives were said to have followed the fugitives to Tanzania.
South African law enforcement authorities reportedly worked with Tanzanian police to monitor the fugitives before detaining them on Friday.
“The ANC commends joint efforts led by South African and Tanzanian law enforcement authorities which delivered this positive result.
“The reported successful arrest which was undertaken through a joint operation between different entities, bodes well for building confidence in our police and criminal justice system,” said ANC national spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri.
“The ANC calls on the security cluster to emulate this experience as a constant standard in all efforts they undertake,” she added.
“We are invested in seeing Thabo Bester and his accomplices face the full might of the law,” she said.
Bester escaped from prison on May 3 2022 after faking death in a cell.
According to Independent Media, while police deputy national commissioner Lieutenant-General Tebello Mosikili is in Arusha, Tanzania, finalising legal formalities for Bester and his accomplices’ deportation, two additional suspects appeared in court in Bloemfontein yesterday.
Further arrests are expected, according to National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola.
This comes after Bester executed a complex prison escape, allegedly with the assistance of officials, in which he faked his death in May of last year, with the Department of Corrections (DCS) announcing at the time that he died by suicide after setting himself alight in his cell.
Following the results of DNA analysis, which revealed that the body recovered in the cell was not Bester’s, a murder case is being investigated.
According to the postmortem report, the deceased died as a consequence of blunt force injuries to the head and was already dead before to the arson incident.
Bester is also charged with escaping lawful custody.
On Monday, police spokesman Athlenda Mathe said: “A 39–year-old former G4S employee and a 65-year-old man from Port Edward, in KZN are expected to appear before the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, following their arrest as investigations into the Thabo Bester escape from prison unfold.”
The ANC has applauded the arrest of escaped convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester and his partner Dr Nandipha Magudumana in Arusha, Tanzania, together with a Mozambican national suspected of assisting their escape from justice.
Last week, South African crime intelligence operatives were said to have followed the fugitives to Tanzania.
South African law enforcement authorities reportedly worked with Tanzanian police to monitor the fugitives before detaining them on Friday.
“The ANC commends joint efforts led by South African and Tanzanian law enforcement authorities which delivered this positive result.
“The reported successful arrest which was undertaken through a joint operation between different entities, bodes well for building confidence in our police and criminal justice system,” said ANC national spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri.
“The ANC calls on the security cluster to emulate this experience as a constant standard in all efforts they undertake,” she added.
“We are invested in seeing Thabo Bester and his accomplices face the full might of the law,” she said.
Bester escaped from prison on May 3 2022 after faking death in a cell.
According to Independent Media, while police deputy national commissioner Lieutenant-General Tebello Mosikili is in Arusha, Tanzania, finalising legal formalities for Bester and his accomplices’ deportation, two additional suspects appeared in court in Bloemfontein yesterday.
Further arrests are expected, according to National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola.
This comes after Bester executed a complex prison escape, allegedly with the assistance of officials, in which he faked his death in May of last year, with the Department of Corrections (DCS) announcing at the time that he died by suicide after setting himself alight in his cell.
Following the results of DNA analysis, which revealed that the body recovered in the cell was not Bester’s, a murder case is being investigated.
According to the postmortem report, the deceased died as a consequence of blunt force injuries to the head and was already dead before to the arson incident.
Bester is also charged with escaping lawful custody.
On Monday, police spokesman Athlenda Mathe said: “A 39–year-old former G4S employee and a 65-year-old man from Port Edward, in KZN are expected to appear before the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, following their arrest as investigations into the Thabo Bester escape from prison unfold.”