Malawi: Bushiri 'Protests' Lead to Arrests - South Africa Police Nab 3 Sanco Members for Xeno' Chants

7 January 2019

South African Police Service (SAPS) has cracked the whip on illegal protesters against Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church by arresting three members of the South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco), who have been burning tyres and chanting xenophobic chants.

Bushiri, known as Major 1 and Papa, is a Malawian charismatic preacher . He started his ministry in 2002 and is today one of the continent's richest pastors, possibly even one of the richest in the world, with branches in a number of African countries, and supporters from near and far.

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