Salon owner tells of hair-raising encounter with Thabo Bester and five 'models'

One of the 'beautiful models' with the 'charming' conman said he had raped her

16 April 2023 - 00:02

Nomaxabiso Xhotyeni vividly remembers the day Facebook rapist and murderer Thabo Bester walked into her Table View hair salon in Cape Town, flanked by five young women, in April 2011. ..

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