Botswana’s government has shut down the church of the flamboyant preacher, Shepherd Bushiri, a development welcomed by many.

The church was since last year under investigations amid concerns of financial mismanagement among other issues. While surviving on people’s donations, Bushiri threatens people who criticise him with death and a recent video has him boasting that a man who criticised him died within one month of that date. That video has been flighted in Botswana as the preacher was condemned for using God’s name and the Bible to deliberately brainwash people so to make money.

The Botswana gazette reports how Gaborone has found the church to be bad for the public good. Among issues covered in the latest article are the following:

– Church is violating the law- Govt
– Countrywide cells to cease operations
– Church appeals to Minister