Showmax
MultiChoice has confirmed that it will oppose a court application by convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester.
Bester, known as the Facebook rapist, wants to prevent digital streaming site Showmax from airing a documentary on his life.
'Tracking Thabo Bester' is set to premiere on Friday.
His ex-girlfriend Dr Nandipha Magudumana has also filed an urgent application to stop the documentary.
Showmax legal counsel Steven Budlender says they will be opposing the two applications.
"The allegations against Mr Bester and Dr Magudumana are incredibly serious and Showmax strongly believes that it is essential for viewers to have the opportunity to watch the documentary and form their own informed opinions.
"Showmax is of the view that the attempt to stop Showmax from doing so is without any legal merit and breaches the constitutional rights of the public."
First Episode
The first episode follows GroundUp journalists Marecia Damons and Daniel Steyn as they investigate an anonymous tip-off that the burnt body at Mangaung Correctional Centre may not have been Bester.
Damons and Steyn went on to win the prestigious Nat Nakasa Award and share the Vodacom Journalist of the Year award for breaking the jaw-dropping story and its biggest plot twists.
They also co-wrote the bestselling book The Thabo Bester Story: The Facebook Rapist, the Celebrity Doctor and the Escape from Cell 35.
