Fugitive Thabo Bester News Today

Is South Africa returning the favour for Thabo Bester's rearrest? As local authorities nabbed wanted Rwandan fugitive of over two decades.

Justice Minister Ronald Lamola confirmed that following his arrival in South Africa early on Thursday morning, that Bester had been reincarcerated at the Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria.

Gardener John Manda pulled an elderly man who was trapped in the passenger seat from a burning car in Rooiels, Western Cape, last week.

Dr Nandipha Magudumana's father and a former G4S security company employee will apear at the the Bloemfontein Magistrate court today.

Arrangements are being made with Tanzania to have Bester and his partner, Dr Nandipha  Magudumana, returned to South Africa, following their arrest on Friday night.

According to media reports, Bester was arrested in Tanzania on Friday, 7 April. 



Justice Minister, Ronald Lamola says it's possible that Nandipha Magudumana will also be deported, since she was in Tanzania illegally.

Fugitive Thabo Bester is still on the run after faking his own death to escape from the Mangaung Correctional Centre last year.

Police said the person found in Thabo Bester's cell had died from head trauma before the fire broke out.

Police said the person found in Thabo Bester's cell had died from head trauma before the fire broke out.