THE Black First Land First (BLF) Movement has come out guns blazing in support of self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri, calling on government to stop harassing him despite the prophet and his wife fleeing the country unlawfully, making them fugitives.
It said it was clear Mzansi’s government waged a vendetta against the prophet and wasn’t interested in the rule of law, but in tarnishing his name.
Their statement said: “The latest media-driven negative propaganda against Major 1 is a desperate attempt to remove focus from the clear and legal demands made by Prophet Bushiri to come and answer the charges against him. It’s clear the government has no case against the prophet, hence the manufacturing of charges and feeding the media frenzy in an attempt to conduct a trial by media.
“It’s clear Prophet Bushiri shall never receive a fair trial in South Africa under the Ramaphosa administration. Stellenbosch is threatened by the prophet, hence the persecution we see. It is clear South Africa is under white control and black people not controlled by white power and able to stand on their own are destroyed.”
Recent developments have seen three more warrants of arrest for the prophet relating to three rape cases.
Two cases are from 2018 and the other from this year.
Bushiri fled the country two weeks ago together with his wife Mary after being released on bail of R200 000 each by Pretoria Magistrates Court, as they were facing charges of fraud and money laundering to the tune of R102 million.
