The couple, who fled the country to Malawi last week,
allegedly paid officials at the border post.They say they fled while on bail as
they fear for their lives.
The government says it has begun the process to extradite
the couple, who are charged with fraud and money laundering.
Meanwhile, eNCA has also learned that just days after
Shepherd Bushiri and his wife were granted bail, their children were sent home
to Malawi.
South Africa has issued an arrest warrant for controversial
millionaire pastor Shepard Bushiri, who skipped bail and returned home to
Malawi.
On Saturday he told his social media followers that he had
left South Africa because he had received death threats.
The preacher, who was on bail and awaiting trial for money
laundering and fraud, had previously said he wanted to clear his name.
It is not clear how or when Mr Bushiri left South Africa. In
an interview with the BBC, Mr Bushiri refused to reveal how he escaped.
But the BBC's Nomsa Maseko in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe,
reports that one possibility being considered is that he and his wife Mary were
smuggled out by a sophisticated syndicate which specialises in taking stolen
cars from South Africa to Malawi.
There have also been suggestions in the South African press
that he was smuggled out in Malawi's presidential jet - something which has
been denied by the authorities in both countries.
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