South Africa: Dr Nandipha's Court Bid Is 'Trial By Ambush' Argues State Lawyer

From left to right: advocates Anton Katz , Kessler Perumalsamy, Stanley Reinders and Neil Snellenberg in the Free State High Court.Nandipha Magudumana claims she was"abducted" in Tanzania by South African authorities

The Free State High Court on Thursday heard Nandipha Magudumana's urgent application against the government in which she wants the court to declare her detention in Tanzania and return to South Africa unlawful.Magudumana was arrested in Tanzania in April 2023 with convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester. She is currently facing charges of fraud, violating dead bodies and aiding Bester's escape from Mangaung prison in May 2022.

Magudumana said she was unlawfully handed over to South African authorities in Tanzania, which amounts to abduction. But the South African authorities say that Magudumana's return to South Africa was a lawful deportation. But, Katz said, if the court did not agree that Magudumana's deportation was in fact a disguised extradition, then it would have to consider the basis on which the South African authorities were in Tanzania.

Advocate Neil Snellenberg, represents the Director of Public Prosecutions Free State , the Minister of Police, and SAPS Captain Tieho Flyman, who is the investigating officer in the Bester case.

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