Flamboyant youthful preacher Shepherd Bushiri has said the past four weeks has been hectic and tough for him but said prayer has helped him overcome everything. Speaking on his television station in South Africa on Thursday, Bushiri who is owns Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) said his arrest along with his wife in South Africa on […]
The Hawks – South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation – had to arrange special vehicles to take Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Church leader prophet Shepherd Bushiri and wife home as tens of thousands manned the Specialised Crimes Court in Pretoria to see their ‘Papa’ walk home. Baffled, they even asked the Prophet to help disperse the crowds […]
Prophet Shepherd Bushiri followers in Malawi on Wednesday stormed South African High Commission in Lilongwe demanding that authorities in Pretoria must stop ill-treating embattled preacher, head of the Enlighten Chritisn Gathering (ECG) Church. The protest in Lilongwe came as the court in South Africa was hearing his bail application following the arrest last week together […]
South Africa-based leader of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Church Prophet Shepherd Bushiri were on Wednesday granted bail of R100 000 each after they were arrested last week. They were arrested by the Hawks last Friday on charges of fraud and money laundering. Bushiri, commonly referred to as “Major 1” or “Papa”, in their bail […]
As it has always been the case with Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s legal team, South Africa’s top advocate Barry Roux will, again, lead Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church leader’s defense team, together with his wife, appear in court on Wednesday for the bail hearing. Advocate Roux, best known for his role in the convicted murderer and […]
Calm, confident, majestic and stately could be words to describe how Prophet Shepherd Bushiri known as Major 1 and wife, holding hands, entered the Pretoria magistrate court for the first hearing of their case. Flanked by his lawyers and a swarm of police officers, Bushiri—who kept sharing jokes with his wife and some officers close […]
South Africa-based leader of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Church, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife who were arrested last Friday appeared in the Pretoria Commercial Crimes Court on Monday, before the case was postponed to Wednesday. The postponement will allow the State to carry out further investigations. Bushiri, 35, and his wife Mary, 37, […]
South Africa-based leader of the Enlightened Christian Gathering Church (ECGC) Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary Bushiri, were arrested by the Hawks on Friday morning, February 1, at their hotel in Rustenburg, South Africa. As a controversial figure, his arrest, as expected, has been received with polarized reactions. You have his ‘spiritual sons and […]
South Africa-based leader of the Enlightened Christian Gathering Church (ECGC) Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife will appear in court on Monday to be formally charged after being arrested on Friday. Hawks- members of South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations -considered highly skilled in crime investigations arrested the Bushiris on allegations of fraud and laundering. […]
Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG ) church worshippers in South Africa and across the world are currently over the moon with the announcements of the church’s much anticipated Grand Opening Sunday Service at the famous Pretoria Showgrounds in South Africa. The Grand Opening Service is ECG’s first service of the year after the Crossover Night which […]
South African-based Malawian prophet Shepherd Bushiri the leader of Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Church has been arrested. A statement from the church in Pretoria says he was arrested by the Hawks on fraud and money laundering charges. The church statement said about 7am on Friday, armed members of the police stormed the Sparkling Waters Hotel […]
The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Commission) has cleared Enlightened Christian Gathering Church (ECG) leader Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his church of any wrongdoing in the December 28 stampede which led to the death of three people. Speaking at the FRI Headquarters in Braamfontein, […]
South African –based Malawian Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has told the CRL Rights Commission that his Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church is greatly impacting South Africa’s economy. “Beyond evangelism, our church has done, and continues to do so much to contribute to the South African society both through direct injection to the economy and, also, through our […]
Streets in Johannesburg city were painted with rainbow flags and ‘Major 1’ as thousands took to the street in support of Prophet Shepherd Bushiri the church leader of Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) as he was appearing before the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights (CRL Rights Commission) on Monday. The Prophet, who arrived […]
Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Blantyre Chapter has said it will this Sunday hold a ‘Sunday of Open Doors’ where special prayers will be done for the country and for all those that will attend. Open Doors is the theme chosen by ECG president, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, for the year 2019, and was officially launched by […]
Charismatic preacher Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has been targeted in an online smear campaign based on doctored images. The photoshopped images, of socialite Phumzile Maripane and the cleric – which appeared in the City Press – were carefully cropped out to remove other people, and then super imposed onto foreign backgrounds, to give the impression that […]
South Africa’s ruling party ANC has told off the Mayor for city of Tshwane Solly Msimanga, saying he deliberately lied in the aftermath of the Pretoria church stampede when he said the premises of the Shepherd Bushiri-led Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church was noncompliant with fire and emergency by-laws. In a statement released on Monday […]
Peace has descended in South Africa following meeting between South Africa National Civic Organisation (Sanco) and Shepherd Bushiri-led Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church officials which ended constructively with both parties reaching an agreement to ‘immediate cessation of all hostilities.’ The two parties met on Thursday after in Sandton mediated by a government watchdog on religious […]