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Nikki Comninos drawn to direct the Hollywood-esque story of Thabo Bester

TRUE CRIME

Nikki Comninos, the director of Tracking Thabo Bester, was drawn to the story way before she got the green light to helm the four-part documentary.

South Africa’s real-life “Bonnie and Clyde” saga involving notorious Facebook rapist Thabo Bester and his celebrity doctor girlfriend, Dr Nandipha Magudumana, has had Mzansi transfixed for the past year.

In a recent chat with her, she said: “Like everybody else, I was struck by the story. I remember reading the January 20 article by GroundUp, thinking, ohmigosh, this story is crazy and then following it out of

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