Botswana closes down Bushiri’s church

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Botswana closes down Bushiri’s church
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The Botswana government has closed down all of Shepherd Bushiri’s church branches. Bushiri’s followers in Botswana now follow their leader through his TV channel, while those who have the means are travelling to SA on weekends to attend Sunday services

Disciples now have to watch Major 1 on TV, while others come to SA to worship after the churches are deregistered for noncompliance

Unlike other Malawian citizens, Bushiri, who is also known as Major 1, was forced to apply for a visa each time he entered Botswana in 2017. The then nationality, immigration and gender affairs minister Edwin Batshu told MPs that Bushiri was “too demanding”. The lifting of the travel restrictions came into effect on October 21 and no reasons were given for the decision.They were stunned when the government moved swiftly to close church branches around the country.

The Botswana Police Service indicated in the letter that it was executing a decision that was made by the department to deregister the church in March last year.

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