South African delegates arrive in Malawi for the Bushiri case
By Vitumbiko Mvula………
Delegates from the republic of South Africa have arrived in the country to join the hearing of the extradition of the leader of the Jesus Nation, Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary on Tuesday 30 May 2023.
The coming in of the delegates, follows the High Court ruling in Malawi by the presiding Judge Bruno MacDonald Kalemba, that witnesses from South Africa should testify physically in the extradition case.
In a statement signed by the Spokesperson of South Africa’s Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services, Christin Phiri “the delegation is comprised of senior and highly experienced prosecutors from the National Prosecuting Authority, the investigative directorate and investigations from South Africa Police services.”
Bushiri and his wife Mary fled to Malawi in controversial circumstances in November 2020 violating his bail rights that were set after his arrest in connection to theft and R102 million money laundering in South Africa.
The two claimed that they could not get a fair trial in South Africa and Government of Malawi allowed the trial to commence here.
On 12 February 2023 the court demanded physical presence of South African witnesses. These are the officials that had arrested Bushiri in South Africa.
The Bushiri’s were each released on R200,000 bail by the magistrate court on November 04 2020 after their arrest in October 2020 only to jump bail and snick to Malawi in November the same year.
