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 […]
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 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 […]
Malawi government has with immediate effect banned importation of meat and other meat products from South Africa. This follows confirmed reports of the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) that has hit South Africa and other neighbouring countries. “FMD is highly contagious viral disease that mostly affects cattle and has significant negative socio-economic consequences if not […]
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 […]
South Africa-based Malawian prophet Shepherd Bushiri of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) opened a case of extortion at the Independent Police Investigative Directorate in February this year, according to SowetanLIVE, which quoted sources with knowledge of the matter. Bushiri’s spokesman Ephraim Nyondo has also confirmed to Nyasa Times that the preacher reported reported the shenanigans to the crime […]
Government has fired four diplomats at Malawi High Commission in Pretoria South Africa including the head of the mission and they have been given seven days each to pack up and return home. According to Foreign Affairs Ministry, Malawian High Commissioner to South Africa Professor Chrissie Kaponda, Defence Attaché Colonel Lawrence Mambo, first secretary (protocol) […]
Tens of thousands packed Pretoria Showgrounds in Gauteng Province of South Africa to be part of Salvation Festival, an annual event organised by Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG). Malawian Prophet Bushiri, also known as Major One, was the guest of honour of the event held on Sunday. Apart from the normal service, the […]
Prophet Shepherd Bushiri offered a moving prayer of reconciliation on Saturday afternoon in South Africa during the country’s National Day of Inter-faith prayers at Emirates Airline Stadium in Johannesburg. The annual event was graced by the country’s vice president David Mabuza. In his speech, which was succeeded by a prayer, the Malawian born ECG leader […]
After a long time since ‘Soldier’ Lucius Banda visited Durban, South Africa with a music tour, people living in the area will this year have a chance to watch the Malawian celebrated music legend as it is revealed that he is set to perform in South Africa,Johannesburg and Durban later August and first week September. […]
President Peter Mutharika Thursday arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa to attend the 2018 BRICS Summit of Heads of State and government. BRICS is the acronym for an association of five major emerging national economies comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The summit, which started on Wednesday and will end on Friday, is an international relations conference attended by […]
Civil society organisation activists are up in arms demanding that the government should negotiate with Pretoria to remove a travel requirement that demands every traveller to South Africa must show R3000 at borders to immigration authorities. CSO activist Robert Mkwezalamba said this at Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe where thousands of people gathered to receive […]
South Africa-based Malawian prophet Shepherd Bushiri of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) on Saturday night handed himself to the South African police in Pretoria after the law enforcers had stormed his church looking to question him with an alleged criminal complaint. Bushiri, fondly addressed as Major Prophet by his followers, went himself to Pretoria West […]
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Malawi have called on State agencies in South Africa to come out in the open and officially communicate to Prophet Shepherd Bushiri regarding media reports that he is being investigated by the Hawks. South Africa media has been carrying stories alleging that Prophet Bushiri is being investigated by the Hawks—something […]