Shauwn Mkhize's name has been trending on social media following speculations that she is the well known female celebrity who visited Thabo Bester in prison before his escape. She has since defended herself however the journalist who is the one who broke the story, has formally taken her name from the drama which has gripped the entire nation.
Taking to Twitter, the News 24 Investigative Journalist Karryn Maughan set the record straight saying it is not Shauwn Mkhize. She was interviewed by Newsroom Afrika where she stated that prison records in her possession show the people who visited Thabo in prison.
"Just to clarify: The prison records provided by @G4S do not list Shauwn Mkhize as having visited Thabo Bester in prison. She was not one of the celebrities that we know visited him. I’m not sure where her name entered into this story. I certainly did not name her," she said.
Karryn was responding to a tweet from a tweep saying, "There is zero source that Mamkhize is the one who went to visit Thabo Bester , in that clip her name was not mentioned people are just running with the story without zero credible source."
Just to clarify: The prison records provided by @G4S do not list Shauwn Mkhize as having visited Thabo Bester in prison. She was not one of the celebrities that we know visited him. I’m not sure where her name entered into this story. I certainly did not name her. https://t.co/uw7MYJ9yoW
In the interview, Karryn said, "What has been fascinating is because we have the prison records, we have been phoning the number of people that have been visiting him and a number of people he listed as contacts. Including a well know celebrity that you and I will both know, we have seen her on the television screens," said Karryn in an interview on Newz Room Afrika.
Shauwn Mkhize responded to the Twitter buzz on Instagram, "Bathong! Tha Simelane woke me up this morning telling me to rush to Twitter," she said. "Guys, I just got beaten by Cape Town City yesterday my heart is sore. What does my name have to do with Thabo Bexter (Bester). Please can the white lady (Karryn) tell the country who is the well-known celebrity who is involved," she continued.
"But guys, does this mean I am the only well-known celebrity in South Africa?" Please just go buy my book. That is the only thing you can do for me and talk about that. Support me! Stop involving me in things I am not involved in."
Karryn continued saying, "What is fascinating to me is that he seems to have done this thing where he said my name is Tom Motsepe and I am a relative of the Motsepe family but I am in prison under a fake name because my family... you know... it is a whole political thing, people can't know who I am." said Karryn Maughan.
"And he was heavily involved in the entertainment industry, to the extent that this 21st century media company into which several million rand was sunk. He was able to have a gala dinner in that... you know at that entity and have a number of completely unwitting people" she continued.
