Prophetic, Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries church leader Walter Magaya has come under fire after women whom he allegedly sexually abused responded to the Zimbabwe Gender Commission(ZGC)’s call
ZGC chairperson Commissioner Margaret Mukahanana-Sangarwe gave an update on the preliminary findings of the national inquiry on sexual exploitation and abuse of young girls and child marriages.
“There have been some complainants that have come through but we can not share at the moment how many they are,”
“We have had some responses in terms of some people coming forward and we are still waiting for more responses. We will inform you as we get more responses from the complainants,” she added.
ZGC last month announced the commencement of investigations into allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse of women by Magaya.
The probe has been halted in 2019 after Magaya filed an urgent application at the High Court questioning the validity of the investigations.
The investigation which was gazetted on the 23rd of August 2019(General Notice No.1444/2019) was halted by the Legal Challenge launched by the key respondent Prophet Magaya
The courts have given legal judgments (SC592/19, HC 7347/19 and HH688/19) which have paved the way for our processes’ continuance.
The commission is still calling upon all victims to present the complaints
“As such, we are calling on all citizens who might have complaints of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) involving the conduct of Walter Magaya to present particulars of their complaints to the Zimbabwe Gender Commission,”
The invitation is also being extended to all the complainants and witnesses to such acts which consist SEA of Women within the denomination. Please refer your complaints to the CEO of Zimbabwe Gender Commission 1st Floor Pax House 89 Kwame Nkrumah Avenue, Harare +263(0242) 250 296; +263(0242) 701101, or email [email protected]
