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, […]
Recent reports suggest Prophet Bushiri and his wife have been arrested in South Africa following claims that he was involved in money laundering. Further reports suggest authorities in that country intend to seize his property. Now this is what drew my attention but I shall come to that end later. Firstly I must say it […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
South Africa’s religious practices watchdog, the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CLR Rights Commission), has warned protesters against intimidating prophet Shepherd Bushiri as the South African constitution gives people freedom of worship. In a statement CRL Rights Commission said Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Church followers […]
South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) has thrown its weight behind Prophet Shepherd Bushiri blaming the Tswane City Council for not enforcing set regulations as stipulated by the country’s gathering Action to avoid repeat of deadly stamepede which claimed the lives of three congregants at Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Church in Pretoria . In […]
South African Police Service (SAPS) has cracked the whip on illegal protesters against Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church by arresting three members of the South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco), who have been burning tyres and chanting xenophobic chants. Sanco’s regional secretary Portia Mokoena said they were arrested while leaving a […]
Members and followers of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church have come out strong in defense of their leader Prophet Shepherd Bushiri who has become a victim of what is perceived as Xenophobia in Pretoria, South Africa. The members were reacting to spates of xenophobic tirades by some handful members of South African National Civic […]
Some South Africans have launched deep and widespread xenophobic attacks against Malawian Prophet Shepherd Bushiri arguing they are going to continue protesting until his Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Church is “removed from our showgrounds in Pretoria”. Typical xenophobic scenes such as burning tyres, spewing hatred remarks, shouts of ‘makwerekwere’ and beating up suspected faces were […]
South Africa-based Malawian Prophet Shepherd Bushiri breaks another record when Pretoria rained heavily throughout December 31 but this could not stop over 80 000 that turned up for the Crossover Night Prayers organized by the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church at Pretoria Showgrounds in South Africa. Thousands started to troop in the venue, some even two days […]