Netflix SA Announces New Show ‘Beauty and the Bester,’ Fans Impressed: “This Looks So Interesting”

• Netflix South Africa excitedly announced on social media that it will be dropping a new show
• The subscription-based streaming service revealed that the new show, Beauty and the Bester, is about the story between Nandipha Magudumana and Thabo Bester
• Many fans were impressed as they flooded the comment section with their reactions to the announcement
• The Netflix PR team shared with Briefly News what the docu-series is all about

Tjo, Netflix has us in a chokehold this year as they just keep dropping exciting and thrilling new shows every month. Just as we were still enjoying the release of the latest season of Fatal Seduction in August 2025, the subscription-based streaming service made an announcement which had social media buzzing.

On Tuesday, 19 August 2025, Netflix South Africa excitedly revealed that they will be dropping a new show, Beauty and the Bester, soon. The show follows the life of the once popular and celebrity doctor, Nandipha Magudumana and how her precious and lavish life disappeared into thin air following her scandal with the known convict Thabo Bester.

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The post reads:

"Once a celebrated doctor to the stars, Nandipha Magudumana, now finds herself in a scandal that has turned her life upside down. The trailer for Beauty And The Bester drops tomorrow."

See the post below:

Netizens react to the upcoming show

Many netizens were impressed by Netflix SA's consistency in delivering fresh new stories about what is happening in our country, and others were excited and expressed how they couldn't wait for the show about Nandipha and Thabo Bester to be released.

Here are some of the comments below:

@NeleIsMyName said:

"Chomi, is it a documentary or a series? It looks interesting."

@Arnold_Von_Mash wrote:

"Ooooh this looks interesting."

@Aukword2 commented:

"Finds herself? No, she fell in love with a convicted demon and helped him escape by organising another family's deceased loved one's body as a decoy. To free a rapist. Throw her away, too."

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@vickyvaren replied:

"Is there anything new, because this one was well covered, still fresh in our minds. Especially that courts are still ongoing, nothing juicy is gonna be revealed, bo yeah, I dug the hole while he unalived her. There was a doc. They were just re-telling what we know."

@clearazzcrystal mentioned:

"I’ll never understand how Nandipha decided being a celebrity doctor that’s married to a paediatrician wasn’t enough."

What to expect on the true crime documentary

Speaking to Briefly News journalist Mbali Tebele, the Netflix PR team shared what netizens should expect from the upcoming documentary.

They said:

"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."

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Video of Dr Nandipha Magudumana's mother crying in court garners SA's sympathy

Briefly News previously reported that Dr Nandipha Magudumana's mother broke down in court on April 17 2023, as her daughter and husband, Zolile Cornelius Sekeleni, faced charges of helping Thabo Bester escape from prison and other crimes. The emotional scene was captured on video and has gained attention across South Africa.

Many people sympathised with the elderly woman, believing Magudumana brought trouble to her family through her relationship with Bester. Magudumana remains in custody, while Sekeleni was granted R10 000 bail but still faces charges related to the escape and other crimes. The state withdrew the murder charge against Sekeleni on the same day.

Source: Briefly News