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By Goitsemang Tlhabye 
1 hour ago
Pretoria – In an attempt to obtain bail, the first defendant in an alleged fraud involving members of the Gathering Christian Illuminated Church has offered his R25 million home as collateral.
Willah Mudolo continued yesterday with her request for bail in Pretoria Magistrates Court. His wife Zethu Mudolo and Landiwe Ntlokwane Sindani were released on bail during an earlier appearance.
The trio appeared once again without their co-defendant Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary, who fled their Malawi home and violated the conditions of their bail last month.
In an affidavit filed with the court, Mudolo admitted that his visitor visa had expired on April 30, but said he intended to schedule appointments to reapply with the Department of the Interior once the period was lifted. national closing.
He said the allegations that he tried to flee the country three times before his arrest were false.
He said he did not even know that an arrest warrant had been issued and that he would never attempt to leave the country without his wife and two children.
He said that he had been trying to leave because he had business matters to attend to abroad and that the reason he had not boarded his flight was due to the changes required by the excellent results of the Covid-19 test. Had he known of the arrest warrant, he would have contacted the investigating officer and given his full cooperation.
Mudolo said it would offer the family’s Sandhurst property valued between R23 million and R25m as collateral for bail.
“I have no influence in my home country. All my life, including my wife and children and all my business interests, are in this country.
“I intend to plead not guilty and will provide evidence that all funds that were paid to the Rising Estate business account without my knowledge and following Bushiri’s instructions, were refunded to his designated account and various beneficiaries.”
He requested that bail be granted, taking into consideration that he must be presumed innocent and especially considering that the extradition process for Bushiri and his wife to return to the country to be tried could take between two and seven years.
Meanwhile, the laid-back Bushiri has continued to broadcast preparations for his year-end religious service, the Miracle Night Crossover, which will take place at Bingu Stadium in Lilongwe, Malawi on December 31.
Bushiri said they were praying on the night of the crossing and believed that something “was going to happen in the lives of his followers.”
He said that as he prayed, God commanded him to announce the night as a miraculous night heading into the new year.
The self-proclaimed prophet did not mention his legal battles or impending trial during his most recent broadcast.
Pretoria News
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