Cape City — A Malawian Courtroom has dominated that South African witnesses within the fraud case in opposition to self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his spouse Mary don’t have to journey to Malawi to provide their depositions, however that it may be carried out in South Africa and delivered to the courts in Malawi.

The pair who pastor the Enlightened Christian Gathering Church appeared in a South African Courtroom in 2020 on fees of fraud, theft and cash laundering, totalling R100 million. The pair broke their bail circumstances by fleeing to their residence nation, Malawi, with assist – allegedly from a  corrupt South African police official and her husband.

Wrangling between South African and Malawian authorities for his or her extradition has been ongoing as South Africa doesn’t have a proper treaty with Malawi. The Malawi courts dominated on the time that their extradition could be “unlawful”.  The pair then set circumstances for his or her return to South Africa, together with a request that their bail circumstances not be revoked as they fled “fearing for his or her lives”.

The Bushiri’s permanent residency in South Africa additionally raised alarm bells at Residence Affairs, resulting in the sacking of Ronney Marhule, the chief director who really useful that they be issued with everlasting residence permits. The division mentioned of their statement that Bushiri didn’t deserve the residency. Marhule was discovered responsible on two counts of misconduct regarding dishonesty and negligence on the conclusion of a prolonged disciplinary listening to which lasted for nearly a 12 months.

The extradition case is ongoing.