Here’s when Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magudumana will go on trial
The plea and trial in the Thabo Bester prison escape case have been postponed yet again The matter returned to the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein on Friday, 28 August 2026, where the judges were expected to hear whether all outstanding legal issues had been resolved and whether the matter was ready to proceed to trial.“The matter is then so postponed for plea and trial to 19 April 2027, up until 18 June 2027, again here in Bloemfontein in the Free State division of the High Court,” said Judge Mareena Opperman.
Bester, a convicted murderer and rapist, Magudumana and their co‑accused face charges linked to Bester's dramatic breakout from prison.
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