Mk Party's Floyd Shivambu Under Fire For Meeting 'fugitive' Shepherd Bushiri

uMkhonto weSizwe MK Party Secretary-General Floyd Shivambu has sparked a social media storm after meeting self-styled prophet Shepherd Bushiri and attending his church service.

In March, a Malawian court ordered Bushiri and his wife Marys extradition to South Africa to face various charges, including rape, violating bail conditions and contraventions of the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, Banking Act, Civil Aviation Act, and Immigration Act.

They have filed an appeal, which is yet to be ruled upon.

The couple ran the Enlightened Christian Gathering Church ECG in Pretoria before being arrested and arraigned in court in 2020.

However, they allegedly fled to Malawi soon after being granted bail, forcing the South African government to file an extradition request.

Shivambu met Bushiri on Friday 18 April and later attended his Good Friday church service. In a post on Facebook , Bushiri praised Shivambus philosophy of black people supporting each other.

Kudos for championing pragmatic ideologies that can propel Africa forward, he added, and later shared a video of himself introducing the MK Party leader at the church.

Writing on X , Shivambu thanked the prophet for hosting us and for the kind words.

The government scale amount of work you do to economically, educationally, socially and spiritually uplift our people is unparalleled now and in history, he added.

I know that the leadership and people of Malawi appreciate and cherish the so many massive programmes you do for the people on the ground. Continue doing the good work.