BREAKING NEWS: BUSHIRIR CLAIMS GENERAL SIBIYA EXTORTED HIM R12-MILLION
Self proclaimed prophet, Shepherd Bushiri, says Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya and other officers demanded a R12 million bribe from him – this was revealed in a viral video of him speaking alongside his wife Mary.
Bushiri claims the incident happened in 2016 that a group of officers demanded money and tried to intimidate him by sending police and even a helicopter to his church.
He says he met General Khehla John Sitole, then a senior police official, to complain and warned him that a powerful cartel would retaliate if the bribe demands weren’t met.
Bushiri says he also reported the matter to the then Minister of State Security, Bongani Bongo, who brought in Arthur Fraser, the head of the State Security Agency at the time, and that Fraser told him there was no case against him.
He says there were several attempts on his life and that he even raised the issue with Malawi’s then-president, Peter Mutharika.
Bushiri further claims Lieutenant-General Sibiya later demanded more money to stop cases against him, and that his efforts to get justice through the police and the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, or IPID, failed.
Bushiri and his wife Mary were arrested by the Hawks in 2019 and again in 2020 on charges of fraud and money laundering involving around R102 million through their company, Rise Up Shepherd Bushiri Investments.
They were granted bail but fled to Malawi in November 2020, saying their lives were in danger and that they weren’t treated fairly in South Africa.
On Friday (31 October 2025) the High Court of Malawi overturned South Africa’s extradition request, calling the process legally flawed, one-sided, and unsafe. Justice Mzonde Mvula ruled that South Africa’s case relied on hearsay and unauthenticated documents, and that the Bushiris’ right to life outweighed the need to face trial.
For now, the Bushiris remain free in Malawi, wanted in South Africa, but protected at home.
What do you think, will they ever come back to face the charges, or have they escaped for good?
