Nandipha Magudumana Explained

Nandipha Magudumana
Other Names:Dr Nandipha
Birth Name:Nandipha Sekeleni
Birth Date:1989 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Bizana, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Education:University of the Witwatersrand (BHSc, MBChB)
Occupation:Medical doctor
Years Active:20142021
Television:Tracking Thabo Bester
Criminal Status:Incarcerated
Partner:Thabo Bester
Children:2
Known For:Making the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans finalist
Specialism:Cosmetic surgery solutions
Work Institution:Optimum Medical Aesthetics Solutions
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Victims:Katlego Bereng Mpholo
Locations:Bloemfontein, Free State
Imprisoned:Bizzah Makhate Correctional Centre
Country:South Africa

Nandipha Magudumana (née Sekeleni; otherwise known as Dr Nandipha) is a South African medical practitioner and celebrity doctor born in Bizana, Eastern Cape, and raised in Port Edward, KwaZulu-Natal.

Early and personal life

Originating in Sandton, residing in Hyde Park, Johannesburg, and given the birth name Nandipha Sekeleni,[1] she was born on 15 September 1989 in Bizana, Eastern Cape. Magudumana was married in 2013 to a fellow medical doctor Mkhuseli Magudumana and they had two children.[2] The couple entered a civil marriage and although they are no longer together, according to the Home Affairs database, they are still registered as married.

She completed her primary and high school studies at Port Edward Primary School and Port Shepstone High School respectively. She went on to study medicine and graduated from Wits University. She holds a Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHSc) in Biomedical Sciences and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) and a Bachelor of Medicine.

Career

After she furthered her studies, with her qualifications she worked at the Edenvale Hospital in 2014 for a year, then later moved to Far East Rand Hospital where she became a highly sought-after physician specialising in anesthetics and administering dermatology, plastic surgery, and medications. In 2017, Magudumana founded Optimum Medical Aesthetics Solutions, a facility that offers procedures for cosmetic surgery in Morningside, Sandton.[3] She treated high profile clients including the Miss Universe Zozibini Tunzi in 2019.[4] Magudumana made the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans finalists,[5] SADC Top 100 Young Leaders,[6] and Top 20 Most Influential Young South Africans lists in 2018.[7]

In 2021, Magudumana's medical license expired. In May 2023, the South African political party Democratic Alliance (DA) reached out to the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) for revocation of her medical license because the doctor failed to pay her annual fees in April 2021.[8] [9] In 2021, Magudumana and Bester co-founded Arum Properties, a construction company. GroundUp used a March 2023 piece to allege that they used the firm to scam people, and that it convinced numerous people to pay millions of rands for renovations and construction projects of which they never delivered.[10]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ngcobo . Nokuthula . 17 April 2023 . Mkhuseli Magudumana: 5 facts about Dr Nandipha's ex-husband . 16 March 2024 . The South African . en-ZA . 16 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240316062235/https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/celeb-news/mkhuseli-magudumana-who-dr-nandipha-ex-husband-thabo-bester-divorce-children-17-april-2023/ . live .
  2. Web site: Ngcobo . Nokuthula . 27 March 2023 . Who is Dr Nandipha Magudumana's ex-husband Mkhuseli? . 13 March 2024 . The South African . en-ZA . 9 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230609223507/https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/celeb-news/breaking-who-dr-nandipha-magudumana-ex-husband-mkhuseli-thabo-bester-escape-death-27-march-2023/ . live .
  3. Web site: Dr Nandipha Magudumana, 31 Powerful Women . 12 March 2024 . en-ZA . 12 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240312040504/https://powerfulwomen.mg.co.za/dr-nandipha-magudumana-2020/ . live .
  4. Web site: Molyneaux . Anthony . 30 March 2023 . WATCH Dr Nandipha, from beauty boss to 'fugitive': Holidays, cars and celebrities . 11 April 2024 . . en-ZA . 13 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913070234/https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2023-03-30-watch-dr-nandipha-from-beauty-boss-to-fugitive-holidays-cars-and-celebrities/ . live .
  5. Web site: 'Smart, sophisticated': Psychologist who interviewed Thabo Bester in 2011 says he has 'worsened' in prison . 13 March 2024 . . en-ZA . 26 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826162508/https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2023-03-27-smart-sophisticated-psychologist-who-interviewed-thabo-bester-in-2011-says-he-has-done-a-lot-better-in-prison/ . live .
  6. Web site: Mbuthia . Mercy . 13 September 2023 . Nandipha Magudumana: Meet the Doctor who plotted Thabo Bester's escape [Pics] ]. 13 March 2024 . . en-ZA . 2 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231202092829/https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/nandipha-magudumana-meet-the-doctor-who-plotted-thabo-besters-escape-september-2023/ . live .
  7. Web site: Nkosi . Ntombi . 13 April 2023 . Who is Dr Nandipha Magudumana and how deep in trouble is she? . 13 March 2024 . . 14 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514024313/https://www.iol.co.za/the-star/news/who-is-dr-nandipha-magudumana-and-how-deep-in-trouble-is-she-621da86d-159a-44f6-a9ca-495e3f50d0ac#:~:text=Magudumana%20is%20the%20CEO%20and,Influential%20Young%20South%20Africans%202018. . live .
  8. Web site: Kanjeni . Unathi . 12 May 2023 . DA calls for Dr Nandipha Magudumana's licence to practise to be revoked . 11 April 2024 . TimesLIVE . en-ZA . 23 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240223043227/https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2023-05-12-da-calls-for-revocation-of-dr-nandipha-magudumanas-licence-to-practice/ . live .
  9. Web site: Clarke . Michele . 11 May 2023 . DA calls for complete revocation of Dr Nandipha Magudumana's licence to practice . 11 April 2024 . . en . 13 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240413033550/https://www.da.org.za/2023/05/da-calls-for-complete-revocation-of-dr-nandipha-magudumanas-licence-to-practice . live .
  10. Web site: Damon's Marecia . and Daniel Steyn . 29 March 2023 . Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha made millions from construction company . 11 April 2024 . . en . 10 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230610152643/https://groundup.org.za/article/thabo-bester-dr-nandipha-made-millions-from-property-company/ . live .

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