Dr Nandipha Magudumana’s Ill-Fated Relationship Uncovered in Netflix’s True Crime Documentary Beauty And The Bester, out on the 12th of September 2025

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Today, Netflix announced a new true crime limited documentary series, Beauty And The Bester, launching on the service on 12 September, 2025. The limited series seeks to unpack the rise and dramatic fall of Dr. Nandipha Magudumana, a glamorous celebrity doctor whose entanglement with a convicted rapist and murderer, Thabo Bester, shocked the nation.


Dr Nandipha Magudumana, celebrity doctor and businesswoman, who became entangled in Thabo Bester’s web of lies

Did the renowned Dr Nandipha get embroiled in Thabo Bester's prison break? This chilling documentary series examines the enigmatic ties that bound them.

Once hailed as a successful businesswoman and social media influencer with a picture-perfect life, Dr. Nandipha’s carefully-curated image started unraveling when suspicions about her role in Bester’s elaborate prison escape and double life came to light. The three-part series dives into the events that shook South Africa  in late 2023, leading to the question that continues to baffle the public: how did one of South Africa’s most admired women land at the centre of one of the country’s biggest criminal scandals?

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Set to premiere on September 12th, 2025, the gripping series traces the unbelievable chain of events that turned Dr. Nandipha’s life into a front-page scandal. From staged celebrity conferences and lavish living to the shocking escape of Thabo Bester from Mangaung Maximum Security Prison, it all began to unravel with one viral photo of the pair casually shopping at Sandton City, sparking a nationwide manhunt that ended with their dramatic arrest in Tanzania and extradition back to South Africa in handcuffs.


Fugitives reunited: Thabo Bester (right) and Dr Nandipha Magudumana (left) pictured in court.


Beauty And The Bester features courtroom footage and never-before-seen investigative material that peel back the layers of a story where love, manipulation, and corruption collide, culminating in a jaw-dropping incident that stunned the world. Friends and family open up in exclusive interviews, each trying to make sense of the strange and unsettling bond between a respected doctor and her convicted criminal partner, Bester.


Cast & Crew:


DIRECTOR: Anthony Molyneaux

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Neil Brandt, Laura Colucci, Thandi Davids 

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
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