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WATCH LIVE | Thabo Bester, Nandipha Magudumana in court for pre-trial hearing

Sowetan · 28 August 2026 at 09:50

WATCH LIVE | Thabo Bester, Nandipha Magudumana in court for pre-trial hearing

The pre-trial hearing in the prison escape matter of rapist and murderer Thabo Bester is under way in the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein on Friday

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