South Africa-based prophet Shepherd Bushiri holds a Malawi diplomatic passport, it has emerged as some members of civil society and faith groups have asked government to intervene in the ongoing legal battles of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) leader. While South Africa Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaled has said Bushiri and his wife are in […]
Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)and faith groups under the banner, Justice for Bushiri, have decried continued arrest of Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and wife, Mary, to by South African authorities which amounts to persecution and asked Malawi government to help repatriate their nationals. The grouping , led by Malawi Watch executive director Billy Banda, said at […]
South Africa-based Malawian self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd ‘Major 1’ Bushiri and his wife, Mary, risk being reported as the Rainbow nation’s Home Affairs Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi has said they are in the country illegally. The Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Church leader and wife currently face charges which include fraud, money laundering and theft, they are also […]
South Africa-based Malawian prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s followers had to wait for eight hours as lawyers tussled in court, eager to convince the Judge to grant the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church leader and wife, Prophetess Mary Bushiri, a bail on fresh on money laundering charges. Bushiri, 37, and his wife Mary, 39, appeared in the Pretoria […]
South Africa-based leader of the Enlightened Christian Gathering Church (ECGC) Prophet Shepherd Bushiri on Tuesday handed himself to the Hawks- members of that country’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations – after they had earlier picked his wife, Bushiri’s lawyer and spokesperson have confirmed. Hawks in South Africa is considered highly skilled in crime investigations. It […]
South Africa-based Malawian prophet Shepherd Bushiri returns to Pretoria High Court this Friday hoping to be given a trial after two years of three adjournments due to State failure to present evidence. Bushiri—together with wife Mary—was arrested in February 2019 by a team of 16 police officers from Hawks and charged with fraud and money laundering pertaining […]
A woman has made scathing revelations against a South Africa-based but Zambian Prophet Phillip Banda, the leader of Impact for Christ Ministries which has a number of Malawian members. The lady, a South African, spoke on a televised interview hosted by journalist Solomon Ashoms and Pastor Jay Israel. The two have been on a campaign […]
No more Mr Nice Guy! South Africa-based Malawian prophet Shepherd Bushiri has removed his religious robes and gone hard on some thieving South African and Sanco members who, for the past three years, have been running an extortion scheme against him. Writing on his Facebook page, Prophet Bushiri said there is a police officer from the […]
The Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdown measures have had a massive effect on the way South Africans go about their daily lives. The fact that people have had to spend more time at home and change most of their habits has resulted in some pretty interesting developments. For instance, instead of going to the […]
Malawi government will issue an extradition request to South Africa for an alleged Cashgate-linked fugitive Limumba Karim, Director of Public Prosecution Mary Kachale said on Wednesday. Kachale said in an interview after High Court in Lilongwe reserved its ruling until next week Tuesday on whether former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo and 18 others have a […]
South Africa-based Malawian prophet Shepherd Bushiri of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) , says he is mourning the untimely death of one security personnel of a firm which his church outsource who was found dead at his home in Pretoria. South African police took the body for postmortem. But the Poilice has not provided any more details on […]
Former president Bakili Muluzi was caught in coronavirus lockdown in South Africa where he had gone for his usual medical attention. Sources said after his duration for medical attention expired, Malawi’s first president in democratic Malawi could not get out of Cape Town and had to be restricted to his hotel due to the coronavirus. […]
Pretoria-based Malawian prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s relentless giving spirit has earned him praise and honour from South African government. While making a big donation of assorted food packages and health kits in North West Province on Tuesday, Bushiri and his wife, Mary, were welcomed by a high delegation of the South African government and the ruling African […]
Citizens for Transformation (CFT) – People Power Movement has laid a formal complaint to the Legal Practice Council (LPC) of South Africa against the Mboweni Maluleke Incorporated Attorneys over the irregular contract with Malawi’s Electoral Commission (MEC). According to CFT statement signed by communications officer Negracious Al-Majjiduh Justin, the complaint followed the legal firm’s exorbitant […]
Paramount Chief M’mbelwa V of Mzimba has asked Malawi government to effect a travel ban to and from South Africa in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus. The chief says he is concerned that everyday there are people trekking to and from South Africa, an economic giant in the continent where confirmed cases are now […]
There is controversy over the contract which the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has hired South African lawyers to help in the presidential election nullification appeal case with Minister if Finance and Secretary to Treasury expressing ignorance of the 788 500 (about K600 million) contract in legal costs. MEC has hired South Africa-based law firm – […]
Malawi Law Society has been faulted for misleading the Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda on the issue of South African lawyers hired by Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to help in the presidential election nullification appeal case by recommending that they should be admitted in the country when one of them was struck off from the roll […]
South African government will deliver endangered black rhinos to Malawi following signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the two countries on Friday in Lilongwe. The deal was sealed this morning when Minister of Natural Resources Energy and Mining Bintony Kutsaira and the South Africa High Commissioner Ahlangene Sigcau finalised the paperwork for the […]