Like a well written movie, the Thabo Bester story keep getting more and more puzzling and interesting. It has since been discovered that the convicted serial rapist who lured women on social media before raping them was running a multi-million event and production company behind bars in 2018. The company was allegedly so big that when it was launched in Sandton in 2018, big names like Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Amanda Du Pont were in attendance. In a video doing the rounds on social media, Bester who was serving life imprisonment at the Mangaung Correctional Center in Free State addressed the event virtually, made delegates sing happy birthday to him pretending to be in New York, USA while in prison in a suit.
RUNNING A MEDIA COMPANY BEHIND BARS
According to GroundUp, Bester ran an event and production company media company while in prison and even hired employees and paid their monthly salaries in 2018. The company called 21st Century Media which Bester made it look like a subsidiary. Bester who was the company ?chairman' called himself Tom Motsepe while running the alleged multi-million scam. The company even stranded in 2018 for promoting a "Women in Media" conference with Hollywood A-listers as guest speakers, which also turned out to be a scam. The company's former employee who spoke to GroundUp says that he was approached by Bester's company and was offered a lucrative salary and encouraged to leave their job. The employee later left the company after it was discovered that the tax deducted from their salaries was not going to SARS.
LINKED TO FAMOUS DOCTOR
GroundUp reported last week that Bester who reportedly died in a fire in prison in May last year was alive and free. He was allegedly spotted doing shopping at a Woolworths store in Sandton with celebrity doctor Dr Nandipha Sekeleni-Magudumana known as Dr Nandi. Dr Nandi has also disappeared since the expose last week. She reportedly left her rental property in Hyde Park earlier this week as per GroundUp. There are reports that Dr Nandi tried to claim the body that was believed to be of Bester claiming to be his common-law-wife. The DNA conducted on the body found in cell number 35 did not match that of Bester's biological mother. Police Minister Bheki Cele says he has a team investigating the claims of the death of Bester. The minister went on to say the DNA results indicated the body was not Bester's. Correctional Services are still investigating the matter.
POLICE REFUSING TO COMMENT
Free State police spokesperson Brigadier Motantsi Makhele refused to comment on the Bester matter denied the allegations. "Kindly take note that the investigation in the matter has reached a very critical stage, therefore it won't be in the interest of justice to give any comment on this matter as advised by the investigating team. The police are aware of all the information making rounds in the public space," he said.
