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ECG Church services temporarily closed in RSA over Friday protest….Bushiri takes breather in Malawi

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By Nenenji Mlangeni

PRETORIA-(MaraviPost) -Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church has temporarily closed its services in South Africa.

This follows the Friday’s protest against the Prophet Bushiri over three women’s death in the church a week ago.

Bushiri’s Relations Manager Maynard Manyowa told SABC News exclusive that the protest affected the church’s services.

Manyowa says the church is aware of the protest saying the organization ready for dialogue over demonstrations’ motives.

The relation’s manager disclosed that the church is in the verge of putting structures for all the believed family.

Manyowa disclosed that Prophet Bushiri left for Malawi after the Friday incident for other church services and breather.

In conversation with Bushiri's relations manager Maynard Manyowa

 

Before the Friday protest the South African Police Service on Monday opened a case of defeating the ends of justice against Shepherd Bushiri’s Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church following the death of three congregants in a reported stampede

Police established that the deceased were certified died at the church premises and the incident was not reported to the police.

“The case of defeating the ends of justice is opened at the Pretoria West SAPS following the stampede which happened on the 28th of December, at Bushiri’s church, Enlightened Christian Church Gathering (ECG),” Pretoria police spokeswoman Captain Augustinah Selepe told African News Agency (ANA).

“The charge is laid, based on the fact that police have established that the deceased were certified died at the church premises, the incident was not reported to the police, and the bodies were removed and taken to private mortuary – Red Ford Mortuary.”

This prompted Pretoria residents protesting against the church while saliva for Bushiri’s blood that he be removed out of that rainbow nation.

 

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Women killed in stampede at Shepherd Bushiri’s church laid to rest

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JOHANNESBURG – The three women who died at Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Church are being laid to rest in Pretoria on Saturday.

They were killed last week during a stampede at the controversial pastor’s church during their regular Friday night church service.

Bushiri and his congregation are facing defeating the ends of justice charges and interfering with police work for allegedly failing to report the incident to the police after moving the bodies of the women to a private mortuary.

Meanwhile, the South African National Civic Organisation led a protest at the church on Friday calling for him to pack up and go.

According to ewn.co.za, South African National Civic Organisation Tshwane treasurer Abram Mashishi says belongs behind bars: “We need to make sure that he is prosecuted. But what is important to us is while he’s being prosecuted, this area must be closed, it must not exist.