Not surprisingly, the apparent ease with which Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary, left the country despite being on bail — and therefore without access to their passports — has outraged South Africans.

The so-called prophet and his spouse are facing money laundering charges related to a R100m investment scheme, and the alarm was raised when they failed to report to their local police station on Friday, in accordance with their bail conditions. ..

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