Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his Wife Mary, Arrested by the Hawks Once Again.

In the latest news from Pretoria, South Africa, the elite police unit, the Hawks, have arrested Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) leader, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary in relation to an investment scheme amounting to ZAR102 000 000.00. The arrest took place on Tuesday, 20 October 2020. Hawks spokesperson, Col Katlego Mogale has confirmed that a pastor has been arrested for fraud and money laundering, together with another woman and her husband, Willah Mudolo and Zethu Mudolo, who were arrested at OR Tambo International Airport. The pair has already appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s court and their case was postponed to 30 October 2020 for a formal bail application.

ECG spokesperson, Ephraim Nyondo, confirmed that the Hawks had made an appointment with Prophet Bushiri and his wife Mary to report at the police station on Tuesday 20 October 2020 at 11am to discuss a matter concerning an investment company known as Rising Estate, but the Hawks arrived at the Prophet’s house before the appointed time and arrested Prophetess Mary Bushiri. After Mary’s arrest, Prophet Bushiri went to the Hawks’ offices in Pretoria, accompanied by his lawyers, where he handed himself in.

The Bushiris are still facing another pending case in South Africa’s capital relating to an arrest by the Hawks on 01 February 2019 for fraud and money laundering as well as contravention of South Africa’s Prevention of Organised Crime Act (POCA). They were each granted bail amounting to R100 000.00 on condition that thy surrender their passports and remain in Gauteng for the duration of the trial. They could only travel with the permission of the investigating officers The trial is due to commence on 31 May 2021 and will continue until 18 June 2021 when it is expected to be finalised.

Prophet Paseka ‘Mboro’ Motsoeneng and Bushiri were recently involved in a legal battle in which Prophet Bushiri was trying to obtain an interdict to stop Mboro and one Felicia Sibeko from publishing false statements about him. Felicia had claimed that she invested an amount of R130 000.00 in his gold forex and commodities scheme and that she has lost the money. Bushiri claimed in court papers that he did not take her money and that he too was a victim of the scheme as he also invested money and lost it as he discovered later that the scheme was not legitimate. Following Bushiri’s arrest, Mboro said that he was trying to save Bushiri’s soul and not to harm him.