Self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri has revealed why he met former MK Social gathering secretary-general Floyd Shivambu through the latter’s controversial go to to Malawi earlier this 12 months.
The assembly later sparked disciplinary motion in opposition to Shivambu throughout the MK Social gathering.
Bushiri: ‘The journey was not about me’
Talking in an unique interview with eNCA, Bushiri stated Shivambu’s journey ‘was not about me’ and defined that the politician was already within the nation for different engagements earlier than deciding to attend a church service.
Shivambu confronted inner disciplinary motion after the Jacob Zuma-led MK Social gathering accused him of travelling to Malawi with out authorisation.
Bushiri stated Shivambu had conferences with former president Joyce Banda and different political figures and later selected to attend a Sunday service at his church.
“He didn’t come right here particularly for me,” Bushiri stated. “He had different enterprise which he was doing right here. Then he stated let me go and attend a service on a Sunday. That was it, and we prayed with him. His mom is one in all my leaders within the church in South Africa.”
He additionally confirmed that he’s in contact with a variety of politicians.
“I’m a person of the folks, I like folks, they usually love me. These folks don’t have a look at me from a non secular background; they have a look at me as a fellow African, they have a look at me as a human being. I is perhaps a self-proclaimed (prophet) to different folks, however to different folks I’m a brother, a cousin, an uncle,”
Church nonetheless increasing regardless of authorized troubles
Bushiri, who leads the Jesus Nation Church (previously the Enlightened Christian Gathering), claims his church has grown to greater than two million registered members in South Africa and expanded considerably after he fled the nation in 2020 whereas out on bail.
Bushiri and his spouse Mary fled South Africa in November 2020, simply days after a court docket granted them bail on fraud and money-laundering prices value R102 million.
Their escape instantly triggered diplomatic tensions between Pretoria and Lilongwe, as South Africa moved to have the couple extradited. That course of has since stopped following a current court docket ruling in Malawi.
