The courtroom battle for the freedom of the Bushiris
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE state has tabled a compelling case on why religious leader Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary, should not be granted bail and kept in custody until the finalisation of his R120-million fraud and money laundering case. Bushiri, his wife, Willah Mudolo, Zethu Mudolo and Landiwe Ntlokwana were applying for bail after their arrest in connection with a suspected R120 ponzi scheme through which members of the Enlightened Christians Gathering were defrauded. In the Pretoria magistrate’s case, the state argued that Bushiri was a flight risk who had, before his arrest, attempted, on three occasions, to board…