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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>By Themba Hlophe and Owen Khamula<\/p>\n

Johannesburg \u2013 Thousands of embattled Prophet Shepherd Bushiri\u2019s supporters are moving to a new spiritual home.<\/p>\n

At last night\u2019s \u2019\u2019Holy Ghost service\u2019\u2019 in Johannesburg, Prophet DD Isaac, one of Bushiri\u2019s assembly of pastors, was the recipient of Bushiri\u2019s multitudes.<\/p>\n

Bushiri\u2019s followers seemed undeterred by their leader\u2019s troubles, with many of them still advocating his innocence. Bushiri is currently in Malawi but it is still unclear how he got there.<\/p>\n

Isaacs said his church and that of his spiritual father (Bushiri) were determined to keep praying for their father.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe gospel will continue to be preached in all the nations. This season will pass,\u201d Isaacs said.<\/p>\n

Isaacs is believed to be the man who will replace Bushiri in South Africa because he has a similar \u201cprophetic gift\u201d.<\/p>\n

Bushiri, who fled South Africa for Malawi days after being granted bail, told his Facebook followers on Saturday that he was a law-abiding citizen who had no intention to evade standing trial on the fraud charges against him.<\/p>\n

According to Bushiri, he reported the threats to various ministers and high-ranking law enforcement officials, including former state security minister Bongani Bongo and former intelligence boss Arthur Fraser, and even took the matter to police watchdog Ipid, where Bushiri claims the same police officers who he had laid complaints against subsequently arrested him for fraud committed by individuals connected to his Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church.<\/p>\n

He says that he, along with his partners, raised over R50 million to help people swindled by the unnamed individuals.<\/p>\n

In Lilongwe, dozens of Bushiri\u2019s followers trooped to the Lilongwe Magistrate\u2019s Court where Bushiri and his wife Mary were expected to appear after their arrest on Wednesday morning following an Interpol warrant of arrest.<\/p>\n

People wearing black T-shirts with the words \u2019\u2019HANDS OFF BUSHIRI\u2019\u2019 gathered near the court’s entrance.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Malawi police spokesperson James Kadadzera says police officers launched a manhunt for the Bushiris following a warrant of arrest issued by Interpol in Pretoria on Monday this week .<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, four lawyers have withdrawn from representing the Bushiris. Bushiri initially enlisted the services of four private lawyers \u2013 Lusungu Gondwe, Noel Chalamanda, Bright Theu and Khumbo Soko \u2013 to bring his bail application.<\/p>\n

It is still unclear why the legal representatives withdrew from the Bushiri case.<\/p>\n

Political Bureau<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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