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

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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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