Thabo Bester & Dr Nandipha’s Relationship Timeline: from Wits "Meet Cute" to Sa’s Most Wanted Fugitive Couple

• Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana have been making headlines since the news of the infamous Facebook rapist's audacious escape broke
• The couple went on the run but were eventually arrested in Arusha, Tanzania, before allegedly attempting to cross into Kenya
• From meeting for the first time at Wits University to running multimillion-rand scams together, Bester and Dr Nandipha's relationship was made for the big screen

The evolution of Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana's relationship has perplexed and fascinated many South Africans. People have questioned why an intelligent, married and successful doctor would risk it all for a convicted criminal.

To try to unpack Bester and Dr Nandipha's complicated lives together, Briefly News has compiled a detailed timeline of SA's Bonnie and Clyde's tumultuous relationship.

2006: Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha meet at Wits University

Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana's story reportedly began in the illustrious hallways of the University of Witwatersrand in 2006.

Nandipha was well on her way to becoming a doctor and studying medicine at the prestigious university, while Bester allegedly ran a modelling and promotions agency, KAYA 959 reported.

It isn't clear what the nature of their relationship was when they met. However, Dr Nandipha allegedly worked at the promotions agency as a promo girl.

2011-2017: Bester and Nandipha lose touch with each other

As often happens in many relationships, Dr Nandipha and Thabo Bester's lives went in different directions and the pair lost contact in 2011.

During that time, they each went on to do different things. Dr Nandipha, on the one hand, was living her best.

From bagging a Bachelor of Health Sciences in Biomedical Sciences, a Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery from Wits to marrying the ultimate catch, paediatrician Dr Mhuseli Magudumana, in 2013, Nandiphawas doing well for herself, The Citizen reported.

Bester, on the other hand, was making a name for himself in a different way. 2011 was the year Bester was dubbed the Facebook rapist for luring beautiful young women on the social media platform with the promise of modelling jobs, only to rape and rob them, SABC News reported.

In 2011, Bester was convicted for the rape of two women. A year later, he was convicted of raping and murdering a model and his girlfriend at the time, Nomfundo Tyhulu.

Bester was sentenced to life in prison for his crimes.