‘How my inmate boyfriend almost got me arrested’

Friday, July 26, 2024 | 1220 Views |

In what one may conclude to be Botswana’s own Thabo Bester-Dr Nandipha Magudumana storyline, a local beauty’s love affair has entangled her with the law as unbeknown to her, she dated a heist kingpin in prison. This week as the trial into the Gaborone-West robbery shooting incident took off, Mmegi StafferSHARON MATHALA listened to the testimony of the 25-year-old woman

Her story is similar to that of the confession of the Phase 2 robbery shoot-out survivor, Tsaone Reboeleng. The pair fell into a love relationship with a cash-in-transit mastermind, unknowingly.

Gaopatwe, also called, ‘the Bomber’ known for his ‘expertise’ in the bombing of cash-in-transit (CIT) cars and ATMs, is alleged to be the mastermind behind a syndicate of armed robbers between Botswana, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, now operating from a South African prison.

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