Sonia Mbele Allegedly Secures Docuseries Deal With Thabo Bester and Dr Nandi After Prison Visit

Sonia Mbele Allegedly Secures Docuseries Deal With Thabo Bester and Dr Nandi After Prison Visit

  • Television producer and actress Sonia Mbele allegedly visited prison escapee Thabo Bester in jail
  • It is alleged that the famous couple have given Mbele the right to tell their convoluted story
  • Briefly News spoke to Sonia's spokesperson to confirm her relationship with Dr Nandipha

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Former Generations actress Sonia Mbele allegedly contacted Thabo Bester and his lover Dr Nandipha Magudumana to secure rights to tell their story in a docuseries.

Producer Sonia Mbele will allegedly document Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana's prison break under Sonia Mbele.
Sonia Mbele has allegedly secured producing rights to document Thabo Bester's prison break and Dr Nandipha's involvement. Images: @TheeSonia, @GrootAssassino
Source: Twitter

Sonia Mbele Films competes with Netflix

Sonia's production company is rumoured to have been neck-and-neck with Netflix in producing a documentary that would tell the harrowing story behind how Thabo and his disgraced celebrity aesthetics girlfriend Dr Nandipha helped him escape prison.

ZiMoja said Sonia Mbele Films was in talks with an American producing company to be part of the series.

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Sonia approaches Thabo and Nandipha

Sonia's visit to Pretoria's Kgosi Mampuru II Prison was successful and was facilitated by Bester's lawyers.

Same with Dr Nandi's consent, as Mbele was once a patient at the now-unlicenced doctor's aesthetics facility.

Briefly News speaks to Sonia Mbele's spokesperson

Briefly News sought direction from Sonia about Nandipha being cast on The Real Housewives of Johannesburg before her arrest. Her spokesperson, Thato Malindi confirmed:

"Dr Nandipha was approached by Sonia when we were recording season 2 of 'The Real Housewives of Johannesburg' to join as a cast member but that never happened."

Social media on Thabo and Dr Nandi's documentary

Mzansi has been craving to see a documentary that will give a glimpse of South Africa's very own Bonnie and Clyde:

@marielouise_82 said:

"Waiting patiently for the Showmax documentary to make sense of this Thabo Bester/Dr Nandipha mess."

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@mehlulisizwe commented:

"Dr Nandipha has gone beyond our worst expectations by taking part in all this. A whole Medical Doctor...What was there to be gained by her? The day they get arrested I wish we get a documentary of how all this happened and why she took part in all this."

@Black_Bunnyyyy advised:

"@NetflixSA Sweetie, it's time to buy the rights to this Thabo Bester /Dr Nandipha story and release a documentary... IT'S TIME."

Thabo Bester and Dr Nandi's court romance

In another Briefly News report, the duo couldn't help but be smitten with each other in their first court appearance together.

The wealthy couple once arrived on the same day with different appearances looking rich and polished, sparking public outrage.

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Molebogeng Seemela (Entertainment Editor) Molebogeng Seemela is a journalist and a current affairs reporter for Briefly News (joined in 2023) with over 10 years of experience. She obtained her National Diploma in 2013, and Bachelor of Technology in 2014 at TUT, majoring in Editorial Management. Specialist Reporting: Print, Features and Reviews; Advanced Reporting; and Advanced Editing and Design for Print. She has been a freelance journalist for several years but cemented her place as a reporter with the SABC, and Cosmopolitan SA.