happiness ChikwanhaJOHANNESBURG – The much talked about Mercedes Benz, which Dr Nandipha Magudumana failed to fully pay for, and found abandoned in Zimbabwe in August 2022, remains clamped in Beitbridge.
Eyewitness News has seen footage of the black Mercedes Benz S63 AMG that Magudumana’s murder and rapist convict lover, Thabo Bester, is understood to have used the vehicle to cross at the border post in what was believed to have been part of a failed escape plan.
The shiny black vehicle, with chrome trimmings and customised mags, can be seen at the Beitbridge border post with the rear left and front right tyres clamped. A security guard is stationed nearby to safeguard the car, which was recovered after being abandoned with false plates.
The vehicle, valued around R1.5 million, was bought by the socialite doctor. She paid a portion of the asking price while she still owed a Johannesburg-based dealership about R700,000.
Sources, with intimate knowledge of the case, told Eyewitness News that Magudumana obtained the vehicle soon before Bester escaped from the Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein in May, after staging his own death in a prison fire.
It is understood that Magudumana entered into a mutual agreement with high-end vehicle dealership Carbon Black Auto – where she put down a substantial deposit and was allowed to take the vehicle off the shop floor from their Durban branch – which has since closed.
Sources at Carbon Black Auto said Magudumana was trusted, after they received a number of referrals in favour of her social and financial standing from their clients. Soon after purchasing the vehicle, it was taken across the border. – ewn.co.za
Mathew Masinge
Online Reporter