Shepherd Bushiri says he and his wife, Mary Bushiri, have faced a lot of challenges in
the past five weeks, including an attempted murder of his wife.
He said that she was poisoned to within an inch of her life.
Bushiri was addressing thousands of his members last night via live streaming on the Prophetic
Channel on YouTube, and Facebook.
He said he could not sleep before expressing his gratitude.
Bushiri said that, he and his wife had missed his church members during their incarceration.
He thanked church members and other supporters who had come out in their numbers during his
two court appearances, carrying placards and pictures of the couple as they knelt, and
prayed in tongues, outside the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court.
The Bushiri also thanked Black First Land First leader, Andile Mngxitama, who said Bushiri
was being demonised because he was a successful black man.
Bushiri described the past few weeks as being filled with “immense attacks”.
These, he said, included protest action which erupted after three congregants were killed
in a stampede at the church on 28 December 2018.
The protestors demanded that he leaves the country, and his church, shut down.
Bushiri said through it all, “God had been faithful”.
Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary Bushiri, were released from prison, after being held
for 5 days.
The Bushiris were granted a R100,000 bail each, totalling R200,000, and their case postponed
to 10 May 2019.
The followers and supports of the Bushiris erupted massively with shouts of joy, and
celebration with very high emotions, upon hearing of the release of the Bushiris.
The hundreds of supporters lifted their hands to the sky, and bowed to the ground.
Chanting, dancing, praying and crying ensued.
Earlier, Shepherd Bushiri had appointed Advocate Barry Roux, to lead his defence in the Pretoria
Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Wednesday 06 February 2019.
Barry Roux came with immense experience, having served as Oscar Pistorius' defence advocate,
in the Reeva Steenkamp murder trial in 2014.
On Friday 01 February 2019, the couple were arrested by South Africa’s Directorate for
Priority Investigations, HAWKS, for alleged fraud and money laundering.
The arrest took place at the Sparkling Waters Hotel, Rustenburg, North West Province of
South Africa.
The HAWKS said that, the case against the couple was linked to alleged offences of fraud
and money laundering, as well as the contravention of South Africa’s Prevention of Organised
Crime Act, which had been committed in 2015.
The contravention of the Act was in relation to Exchange Control Regulations relating to
foreign currency of $1,147,200.
Last year, reports emerged that the Bushiris had been sending about R15 million every month
to Malawi, their home country.
The money was allegedly being transported in their private jet.
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