Malawi’s High Court in Lilongwe rules against extraditing controversial preacher Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary, to South Africa. The court issues a final decision in a 175-page judgment explaining why the extradition order cannot proceed under an earlier March 2025 order.
Across reports, outlets describe the ruling as overturning efforts to send the couple to South Africa, citing serious procedural and legal flaws. News24 characterizes the decision as a reversal based on those flaws, while The Rio Times and Nyasa Times focus on the length and detail of the judgment and the court’s explanation for rejecting the extradition attempt. The common thread across the coverage is that the court’s latest ruling blocks the extradition and represents a major legal setback for the request tied to South Africa.
The reporting does not provide further specifics beyond the court’s stated concerns about procedure and law, but it consistently frames the judgment as the final Malawi court determination on the extradition effort.
