By Mpumzi Mshweshwe:
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has welcomed today’s judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), which dismissed a deportation appeal by Dr Nandipha Magudumana. Magudumane claimed that her deportation from Tanzania was unlawful and that the police had abducted her.
Magudumane appealed to the SCA, hoping for a different conclusion after Judge Phillip Loubser at the High Court in Bloemfontein ruled in June 2023 that her arrest was not unlawful. The SCA yesterday denied her appeal.
Magudumana and her co-accused are facing a total of 38 counts ranging from fraud, corruption, money laundering, assisting an inmate to escape, violation of the body, arson, and defeating the ends of justice. She is accused number one in the escape of convicted rapist and murderer, Thabo Bester, who is her partner.
She assisted Bester’s escape from Mangaung Correctional Centre in May 2022 and was captured by police in Tanzania a year later in April 2023. The accused claimed the police abducted her from Tanzania.
“The NPA’s prosecution team will now focus on ensuring that the trial set down for 21 July to 19 September 2025, before the Free State Division of the High Court in Bloemfontein, proceeds without any unreasonable delay,” said NPA national spokesperson, Advocate Mthunzi Mhaga. _ @NewsSA_Online
Please like and follow us on our social media platforms. links below: