Magaya appears in court on rape charges dating back to 2013

HARARE – Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries founder Walter Magaya appeared in court on Monday facing five counts of rape allegedly committed against two women who were members of his church — with some of the incidents said to have occurred more than a decade ago.

Magaya, 42, was arrested early Saturday and arrived at the Harare Magistrates Court in handcuffs, wearing a blue suit and flanked by police detectives and lawyers. He was shackled to his bodyguard, Tapiwa Chikondo, who faces separate charges of assaulting police officers in an alleged bid to block Magaya’s arrest.

Before the rape matter was heard, prosecutors brought fraud charges against Magaya and his wife, Tendai, linked to a multi-million-dollar church housing project that allegedly never materialised.

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