Businesswoman Phumudzo Thenga has distanced herself from convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester, saying she's 'had nothing to do him since 2018' and was a victim of his scam.
Thabo Bester, the man dubbed the Facebook rapist, did not die in a fire, he escaped from prison, correctional services has confirmed.Businesswoman Phumudzo Thenga has distanced herself from convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester, saying she's “had nothing to do him since 2018" and was a victim of his scam.
This as the department of correctional services confirmed on Saturday that Bester, dubbed the Facebook rapist, did not die in a fire, but escaped from custody.21st Century Media — which was behind the sham “Women in Media” conference — which Bester apparently ran as a scam business while imprisoned at the Mangaung correctional centre.
Bester is reported to have posed as a “chairman” of the media company, which claimed to be a subsidiary of American media giant 21st Century Fox.“In 2017, someone who introduced himself as 'Tom Motsepe' made contact ... through social media platform Instagram. This person showed interest in the community work she was doing and claimed to be based in the UK and USA. He also claimed to be from the well-known Motsepe family.
“Thereafter, he made various business proposals, one of them being creating 21st Century Media. The second proposal was for rolling out ARVs to disadvantaged communities through 'Dr Nandipha'.” Thenga, who was sole director of 21st Century, explained how the business came about, insisting she “was hoodwinked by 'Tom Motsepe'”.
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