It never rains but pours: Magaya re-arrested soon after routine court appearance

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🇿🇼 Published: 26 January 2026

Plastic smile?: Prophet Walter Magaya smiles from ear to ear ain the company of his lawyer Everson Chatambudza as he arrives at Harare Magistrates’ Court Monday morningCrime & CourtNewsBy Nyasha ChumaHarare- EMBATTLED clergyman Walter Magaya, founder of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries, has been re- arrested on fresh charges minutes after his routine court appearance answering to rape and fraud charges.He was five counts of rape and 13 counts of fraud related to a church housing project that allegedly never materialized.Magaya was initially granted US$3 000 bail and ordered to surrender his passport.The fresh allegations against Magaya include rape incidents dating back to 2013, involving two women who were members of his church. He is also accused of defrauding congregants of US$49 000 and R195,000 in a botched land deal through his company Planet Africa.Developing Story….Leave a ReplyCancel reply Plastic smile?: Prophet Walter Magaya smiles from ear to ear ain the company of his lawyer Everson Chatambudza as he arrives at Harare Magistrates’ Court Monday morningCrime & CourtNewsBy Nyasha ChumaHarare- EMBATTLED clergyman Walter Magaya, founder of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries, has been re- arrested on fresh charges minutes after his routine court appearance answering to rape and fraud charges.He was five counts of rape and 13 counts of fraud related to a church housing project that allegedly never materialized.Magaya was initially granted US$3 000 bail and ordered to surrender his passport.The fresh allegations against Magaya include rape incidents dating back to 2013, involving two women who were members of his church. He is also accused of defrauding congregants of US$49 000 and R195,000 in a botched land deal through his company Planet Africa.Developing Story….

Harare- EMBATTLED clergyman Walter Magaya, founder of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries, has been re- arrested on fresh charges minutes after his routine court appearance answering to rape and fraud charges. He was five counts of rape and 13 counts of fraud related to a church housing project that allegedly never materialized.Magaya was initially granted US$3 000 bail and ordered to surrender his passport. The fresh allegations against Magaya include rape incidents dating back to 2013, involving two women who were members of his church. He is also accused of defrauding congregants of US$49 000 and R195,000 in a botched land deal through his company Planet Africa.

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