Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Celeb Gossip

South Africa Splashed R1.4 Million To Bring Back Bester, Celebrity Lover

South Africa Splashed R1.4 Million To Bring Back Bester, Celebrity Lover
ID-less Thabo Bester was born in Soweto hospital, but his teen mom never registered his birth

JOHANNESBURG | The private charter flight used to repatriate Thabo Bester and his partner, Dr Nandipha Magudumana, from Tanzania to South Africa cost around R1.4 million.

This is according to Home Affairs Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi.

Government recently came under heavy criticism after it emerged that a luxury aircraft was utilised to bring back the fugitives, who were arrested alongside a Mozambican national in Tanzania, to South Africa last week.

According to reports, a Dassault Falcon 900B ZS-DFJ was chartered from Zenith Air by the National Airways Corporation (NAC) to fly a South African delegation, which included senior government officials, to and back from Tanzania.

Briefing Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs yesterday, Motsoaledi dismissed the suggestion that the aircraft was hired by the South African Police Service (Saps).

The minister explained to the committee that the Department of Home Affairs was basically forced to charter a flight because Tanzanian authorities would only hand Bester and Magudumana over to immigration officials rather than the police.

He said around 14 officials had to travel to Tanzania and return to South Africa, but commercial flights and road travel would have taken some time. Motsoaledi said that the aircraft used was the cheapest option.

Last week, Motsoaledi revealed during a media briefing that Bester did not officially exist, according to Home Affairs’ record collection systems. The department could not locate his details on the National Population Register, national immigration identity system and the visa adjudication system.

Home Affairs officials could only establish that Bester was born on 13 June 1986, at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto.

Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Trending

LOCAL NEWS

Trending Masvingo Girls ‘Nyasha And Flora’ Speak On Viral Video Nyasha and Flora Masvingo, two Masvingo girls who gained notoriety when a video of...

LOCAL NEWS

Man Cancels Wedding After Finding Out Lady Has a Baby! A beautiful woman with one child has been crying her eyes out for the...

LOCAL NEWS

Mutare Fashion Designer Perishes In House Fire Mutare | The fashion designer Rhonia Chimbetete, better known as Rhonia Fafie, went tragically this past weekend,...

LOCAL NEWS

Monica Mutsvangwa’s Son ‘Neville’ Profits From Starlink Even Though It Isn’t Licenced! Harare, Zimbabwe | Neville Mutsvangwa, son of Zimbabwe’s former Information Minister Monica...

LOCAL NEWS

Apostle Ruramai Nhapata Beats Up Church Member For Deserting! Harare | Yesterday, a religious leader took her kids and attacked a member of the...

LOCAL NEWS

SA Border Police Intercepts 443 Children Abducted from Zimbabwe Beitbridge | According to Border Management Authority (BMA) Commissioner Mike Masiapato, 443 children under the...

LOCAL NEWS

Supreme Court orders construction of the Gwanda 100MW power plant The Supreme Court upheld a High Court order, ruling that the US$173 million contract...

Uncategorized

The Masvingo girls who were trending after their video vachidyana zvikitsi leaked have allegedly been arrested for contravening the censorship act. The act is...