Self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary forfeited their R5.5m property at Midstream Estate in Centurion to the State on Thursday.
This after they failed to present themselves at the Pretoria magistrate's court as instructed.
The couple have already lost a combined R400,000 bail after skipping out on their trial for their alleged involvement in fraud and money laundering worth R102m.
Bushiri's lawyer told the court that he had no clear instructions on the whereabouts of his clients. He said he only knows what has been reported in the media.
At the start of proceedings, magistrate Thandi Theledi ordered that a court official formally call out for the Bushiris to confirm their attendance, before recording they were absent.
The court then ordered that the property of the accused be forfeited to the state.
There are three co-accused, one of whom is in the midst of an application for bail.
The Enlightened Christian Gathering church pastor and his wife are on Thursday applying for bail in court in Lilongwe, Malawi, after their arrest there a day earlier, by police acting on a warrant from Interpol.
The Bushiris had been granted bail of R200,000 each by the Pretoria magistrate's court on November 4.
When released on bail after two weeks behind bars, one of their bail conditions, among others, was that they present themselves to a police station twice a week. They have failed to do so since last Friday, with Bushiri instead taking to his Facebook page on Saturday to announce that he and his wife had fled the country to Malawi, saying they feared for their lives.
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