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Former public protector Thuli Madonsela has called for justice after the escape of the controversial prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary last week.
The couple left the country just a week after the Pretoria magistrates court granted them and their co-defendants bail. They were arrested in October and face charges of theft, money laundering and fraud in connection with an alleged R100m “investment scheme”.
The alarm bells were first activated after the couple failed to show up to a police station on Friday, according to their bail conditions.
In a statement on Saturday, Bushiri confirmed that they had left the country and said it was a “tactical withdrawal” to preserve their lives.
He said that the South African authorities had failed to act on several alleged death threats he had received, and made demands on the government before he returned.
Madonsela intervened in the lawsuits, saying that the SA government could not interfere in legal proceedings on the matter.
“What self-proclaimed prophet Bushiri seems unaware is that the South African government has no power to interfere with the court system on bail, including revocation. “
She said that because she had broken the conditions of her bond by fleeing the country, her bond should be revoked.
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