Bushiri wins in South Africa court against jealousy foreigners: Judge orders no defamation on Facebook
South Africa-based Malawian prophet Shepherd Bushiri of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) scored a giant legal victory on Tuesday when the Gauteng High Court, in Pretoria, ruled in his favour that the organisers of Wednesday’s ‘False Prophets’ march should stop using the event to defame the name of the renowned man of God.
The court underlined that the organisers should stop referring to Prophet Bushiri in defamatory terms on their posters during the Johannesburg march.
Presiding Judge Elizabeth Kubushi also interdicted organisers of the #FakeProphetsMustFall march and Martins Antonio—accused of making some of the defamatory statements—from making them on Facebook regarding the prophet.
Further, the court also ruled that Antonio, together with Solomon Ashoms and Charles Farai, should also stop attacking Prophet Bushiri on their Facebook profiles.
The three have always been attacking Prophet Bushiri on their Facebook profiles on a series of unfounded accusations.
Hence, Judge Kubushi ordered the three to delete, within 12 hours, all the offensive statements regarding Bushiri from social media.
Bushiri, who is also the founder of the Shepherd Bushiri Ministries International, which has branches in Pretoria, turned to court to obtain an urgent interdict against the spreading of defamatory statements on social media against him.
The prophet was not in court on Tuesday, but he was well represented by two senior advocates Barry Roux SC, who defended Oscar Pistorius and Mabasa Sibanda SC, as well as a string of lawyers.
Angolan Martins Antonio was the only one of the three respondents who opposed the interdict and who was present at Wednesday’s proceedings.
Neither Ashoms or Farai pitched at court, but Roux told Judge Kubushi that they were not opposing the application.
The two have already removed the offending statements from their social media profiles, he said.
Roux, however, said it was up to the court to in any event also to rule against them, although they were not opposing the application.
“We fully understand freedom of speech, but our Constitution does not encourage unlawful conduct,” Roux argued.
He said the statements published regarding Bushiri were clearly defamatory.
Roux said Wednesday’s march against false prophets was a good march and Bushiri supported it. “It is something we need.”
But Roux said it cannot be tolerated that Bushiri’s good name is tainted in the process.
The prophet feared that posters would be displayed during the rally, which defamed him by linking him to criminal activities and by referring to him, among others, as the devil.
“This must stop,” Roux said.
He told the court that a letter of demand was send to the three respondents. While the other two did adhere to the demands, Antonio point blank refused, he said.
“Antonio has a bone to pick but he does not know where to stop,” Roux said.
Roux said Antonio was the author of the offending pamphlet, but Antonio’s advocate vehemently denied this. He blamed others, including the other two respondents, for the creation of the posters and the offending words.
Advocate Khelu Nondwango said Antonio cannot be held responsible for the material created on the poster, as he is not the author of the document.
He said all Antonio did was to publish the poster on social media to try and attract publicity for the march.
Antonio, in an interview with Pretoria News, said he is not organiser of Wednesday’s march.
He was simply invited “as one of victims who suffered under the accusations of the prophet.”
Antonio is from Angola, Charles Farai is from Zimbabwe while Ashoms is from Nigeria.
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HANDS OFF OUR AFRICAN SOIL PROPHET MAJOR 1 WE LOVE YOU LONG LEAVE MAN OF GOD DEVIL IS A LIAR
God of wonders did it for our father Major 1
They’re failures. They’ll never triumph.
If they were Christians, they wouldn’t dare embark on such demonstration. What are they expecting about the outcome? To put the law into the hands of the innocent, so they would start another bloodshed and destruction of properties?
I will be surprised if those who think they’re Christians join the march.
God bless you, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri. You shall remain a winner forever because you’re a winner.
Francis
Ghana
They will keep on wasting money on organising marches, Buying people to lie about our Prophet ur father in the Lord but they will always lose, as we only bow down on our knees and pray to God to take over this and will always come out winners and victorious, as preaching the word of the Lord, saving people to ghee ting world is not a sin or Fake.
we are more than conquerors.They can buy the law but God is not bought.God will fight ourbTtles till the end.Forward with the salvation we go.God bless our father major prophet Shepherd Bushiri and ghe ECG family all the time.We will never be shaken or fall by the works of the devil Never.
WE HAVE GOD WHO BEGGING UP, WE WILL WIN AND IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT THEY DO, A LIE SHALL SPREAD FASTER AS OUR MOTHER SAY BUT THE TRUTH SHALL ALWAYS WIN! LET THEM USE THEIR LITTLE MONEY DO, TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, BUT IT WILL NEVER TOUCH OUR FATHER MAJOR ONE. lONG LIVE MAJOR ONE, LONG LIVE MAJOR ONE
Papa your God is a true God the one sending to “US” only good news. My name have changed now they call me Wonderful.
you cannot fight grace and win
You use the law to fight my father he too can use the law to fight you
They all can gather to scatter,the stubborn will be dealt with just as prophet moses delt with pharaoh
No weapon fashioned against my prophet and papa shall prosper and every tongue that shall rise up against him in judgment he shall condemn. The bible says touch not my anointing and do my prophet no harm. If they continue, not only will the courts condemn them but God the Righteous Judge will judge. I love my papa and we support him in America and all over the world. ECG is not only in Africa. We are all over the world. They may try to stop those in Africa but they cannot stop his children, which are much more than what they can see. If they close the church, which they cannot do, then we will travel from abroad. Jealousy won’t get them anywhere. This is a movement and it is unstoppable. He is highly protected. Just as the mountain surround Jerusalem, so is Our Prophet, Mama, his family, leaders of ECG and the ECG family is protected.
In Jesus name.. he is a true prophet to me and that’s all what matters. For those that are striving to spread such wrong things against our father,god have mercy on them because they don’t know what they are doing AMEN
@Quinisile, I have been following the conversation here, but one thing I don’t understand is the way you are backing up your Prophet. Having a house it’s not sign that someone is rich or is not poor. And also the verse on Acts 18:30 doesn’t exist in the Bible, unless you tell which bible are you reading?
On the other verse you have provided on Matthew 26:11 reads “For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.” Does this versehave anything to do with Jesus being rich? Can you read the bible with understanding please, because what’s is this context is totally different from what you’re referring to.
My point is; much as we know that good doesn’t want us to be poor, the only thing that even Jesus was emphasizing is that we should not be the lovers of the world.
Let’s try to seek his kingdom first and others will follow.
Let’s know what we are following, I would rather love you could choose Jesus to be your leader not these so called prophets.
Finally let’s test these men of God wether they are from God or not using the Bible alone.
Sorry if I have offended anyone.
May God bless you.
@ Thoko please don’t answer things you don’t know are trying to teach me a bible my sister please don’t, I don’t read it with my understanding my sister as I said to Ndadabwa his must read it with his spiritual eyes , you are using your understanding my dear I’m not ,about Act its Act 28:30 that as well ,if you do have a spiritual eyes you were going to see that it was a mistake but you didn’t because you are thinking that we need to read the bible with our understanding not with our spiritual eyes that is where you miss it , A word of God is a parable my dear the day you stop criticising Major1 you will know about a parable , so pls read the Bible and ask God to reveal it to you don’t use your understanding, a word of God is a Parable my dear thatswhy Jesus told his disciples that It’s Parable it’s not revealed to everybody same as those who are busy criticising the Prophets , that’swhy you also don’t understand Matthews 26:11 it’s because it’s a parable it not revealed to you again Jesus was saying his not poor , the poor they will have them all the time cause they will be people like you who are reading a bible with their understanding and try to use some scriptures to adjust their poverty and there busy criticising Major1 the youngest richest Prophet in the world, I will like you to read this few scriptures so that you will understand that a word of God it’s not just what you just wrote to me , there’s a secret behind what you are reading , read the following scriptures, Matthew 13:34-35,Psalm 78:1-4 , mark 4:12-13, Luke 8:10, Matthew 13:13 there’s more , the problem is people like you who think they know to much about the bible but they don’t , read the bible with a spiritual eyes and ask God to open your spiritual ears so that you will have a understanding of the word of God my dear sister, have a blessing day while you are reading a bible, and don’t touch the anointing one my dear.
Papa your God is a living God, is the same yesterday, today and forever. He will never forsake you. Rest assured you have our backs no matter what. We love you Papa.
Any weapon fashioned against our Prophet will not prosper.
Any evil thoughts against our Prophet, I back to the sender ,in Jesus name amen.
They cannot fight a praying man. God is in control.
Touch not the anointed. Prophet Shepherd Bushiri A Major 1 Prophet of God. I believed God. Your Boss Jesus Christ.
Major 1, God will always protect him because he is a man of truth and will never try to please anyone for the sake of God ministry. May all those believe in him received justice in every areas of their lives. Jesus Christ rules as he is the Alpha and Omega. # Hands off Major 1!!
You cannot fight Grace
Don’t mind them, petty jealous folks. ECG has come to stay and to change our lives. God bless our Major 1.
I don’t care who says what prophet bushiri is a true man of god ijooo they must leave him alone
Foward we go ECG , # You cant fight Grace .
Masiku omaliza. World order trying to bring sanity to heavenly order. It was supposed to be vice versa. belittling the power of our Almighty for earthy glory. Masiku omalizadi awa.
I thank God of Major One for these victory. He has done it again for our Prophet and Will continue doing It. Hands off to our Prophet. Devil you are a liar. Major 1 is here to stay and to fulfil Gods assignment.
we love u papa
That’s an understatement.
This so called solomon ashoms we’ve been reading about him for long ago attacking every men of God, we understand that he’s just an agency and he’ll soon get his reward of evil. The rest of his accomplices are small boys, they don’t even know what they are doing
God is in control he cannot allow the devil to attack his prophet any way in our family we don’t stress we relax
A genaral is a genaral salute the man of God
Thousand shall fall on the left and ten thousands shall fall on the right but none shall come next to our Major Prophet and ECG, haters shall entertain haters while we testify
Amen 🙏 God of Major1 has done it again!! As I rejoice. He fights all battles for us!!! I pray for Papa!!
You cant fight grace and win
Two questions I want answers if he is really a man of God: When he walked in AIR, where was he going? Was that the power of God, Jesus walked on water because he was going to a boat? Secondly, when Angels appeared in his Church, what did they achieve, what was the motive, entertainment? Something is fishy with Christianity and we need to STOP FALSE PROPHETS!!!!!
@ Ndadabwa I can’t even pronouns your name where do you come from if you are not a South African go back to your country if your are stop to allow devil to use you , do you think God can allow Our Papa to deserve the whole world , if you are a South African you need a deliverance , so that the poverty will live your house after deliverance you will start to see the angels appearing in your house for now you appear to be possessed by demons you don’t even know what are you saying , you are lost
iam a south African but I love Major 1
Where you in church when the angels appeared? I was there, and I saw what they did. If you hate my spiritual father so much, why are you following his stories. Be delivered in Jesus’s name
Your two questions have no relevance. Do you think Jesus needed to walk on water to go to a boat? I don’t think so. He could have just got in the boat with His disciples. He only did it to demonstrate the power of God( Matthew 14:22-36, Mark 6:45-52) Further more when Jacob had the vision of the ladder with angels ascending and descending on it, what did they achieve? Was it for entertainment? Not all. That was simply to prove to Jacob that God was present with him and He renewed the covenant that He had made with his grandfather Abraham( Genesis 28:10-22). Therefore, when Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, Major 1 walked on air, it was to demonstrate the power of his God and when the angels appeared in church, that tells you that God is present with him and that the God of Major 1 is capable of doing anything He wants to do. My simple advice to you is to please take your time to study the Scriptures with an open heart and you will discover that all the things that God is doing through Major 1 are things that we should expect as Christians. Unfortunately, many Christians today read these things in the Bible, but when they see them in real life, they begin to question them. MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON THE CHURCH. I KNOW FOR SURE AND WITHOUT ANY SHADOW OF DOUBT THAT MAJOR 1 IS A TRUE MAN OF GOD. God bless you!
Ndadabwa you are evil the way you speak,you evil you life of evil you sound like a develworshiper to me keep on worshiping devel stop talk things u don’t know.anyway whyare u bother yourself to watch a man true man of god and have time to comment negative things about himand you can’t see angels if you demonic only you is demons that’s controls you you need deliverance your eyes wll open MAJOR 1 IS A TRUE PRPHET OF GOD you like it or not I love you papa MAJOR 1 iyeeeeee power
Many are the afflictions of the righteous but God will deliver them from all. This is what God has done for Major 1
We as the ECG we r heavenly protected u can’t fight grace and win,,,,,,,,,,
These ppl they were opposing our Spiritual Father how much does the country gain from them? This country knew the importace of prophet Shepherd Bushiri look at the currency of south south africa is 100% better than years ago you ppl you need deliverance and go ask for forgivness
He is the chosen one the anointed man of God why not to start your own and start to cheat see if you can see people coming to you he is Major 1 in this world no one else.
One question for me please , is there any South African who has post this post of Bushiri must fall ? if not please those animals who fights our Prophet must go to the dessert ( countries there are not South African) pls and fight there , stop poisining our brothers and sisters , live our Prophet alone we love you Major1 in Southafrica our Papa you are the Prophet of our generation
Who chose him to be a Prophet and when was this done? Do you know what Prophets do? THEY PROPHESISE not opening HOTELS
@ Ndadabwa I get it now you are just jealous your problem is not what your father devil is spreading your problem is povert read the Bible boy let me give you few scriptures in the bible which they will make you to understand that poverty is not from God boy Jesus was not poor don’t adjust your poverty pls read all this verse with spiritual knowledge not your stupidity knowledge, Matthew 8:14 Peter has house ,Luke 5:29 Matthew had a house , Act 18:30 Paul had hotels, those a Jesus disciples there not poor boy , Jesus himself was not poor read Matthew 26:11 Jesus is saying his not poor , I can go on bro about the bible , stop to be jealous and read bible and claim your belongings back which was stoled by devil , YEKA UMONA BRO
Another ignorant statement
What kind of a dumb post is this. Just because he is a prophet doesn’t mean he can’t be a businessman. At least he don’t have to depend on church people for money.
Devil is always a lies, Glory be to God.
I thank Jesus Christ for his grace. Like Nehemiah, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri works tirelessly to advance the kingdom of God and heaven. Sanballat, Tobiah and Geshem opposed Nehemiah.. The beloved prophet of our day had to deal with modern day agitators. Prophet Bushiri so often says, “We are moving forward”.
God defends himself. Why should a purported man of God seek courts protection when he believes in God’s power? It means he does not represent the True and Living God.
Which bible do u read
Stop to be silly you are you ok in your head , stay away from our Spiritual Major1 wena
We bless God for the victory. Your haters will be exposed openly and have to dismantle all their wicked inventions. You cannot touch God’s anointed and expect victory. We bless God for rhe victory.
Pati biii palimingaa… Congratulations to your victory, it’s only God who can judge with just.
Apopo zikuwonesa nsanje 100%
Go big Major one go
Our Jesus is judge.
They will try but they won’t succeed
foreigners fighting in foreign land eni ake a dziko ali cheteee
All these àre worldly affairs. Munbva wina akuti ‘ papa , kaya akuti ‘ father ‘ anthu akuluakulu kusiya kutchula adzibambo anu okukuberekani.
ANYWAY congrats brother bushiri kwa anthu anjiru
Indeed we will always call him our spiritual papa. Respected man of God. True prophet of God. If you check the profiles of the three people, Antonio,farai and that Nigerian, they are Antichrist. They have even defamed Jesus Christ. So you can see that the march is not in good faith. False prophets are those who feed their congrants with grass, doom or frogs. Why don’t they march against those ones. Moreover things of God need prayer not marches bcoz theaw things were already written in the bible and they must be fulfilled. #HandsOffMajor1,ProphetBushiri
Agreed Sister Alice , brothers and sisters South African on your knees ask God to send a fire those false prophets, this march cannot stop everything but God can , and other thing pls my brothers and sisters don’t let any man of this world to use you like this man Antonio is doing his the one who have a problem with our Papa live him to catch his fire from Heavens pls South Africans
Major woyeee. Wina Alina