Harare, Zimbabwe | ZiMetro News has been digging deeper into the dramatic arrest of Prophet Walter Magaya — and new information suggests the situation is far bigger than the original headline.
While initial reports confirmed the PHD Ministries leader was taken in during a dawn operation at his Harare church offices — insiders now say several of his trusted close aides were also arrested in the same sweep.
Who Was Taken?
Sources within both the local football community and PHD circles allege investigators moved in on individuals who are believed to have handled his darker side, “they were all rounded up”.
These aides — long considered his “right hand” operators — are suspected of allegedly playing supporting roles in the RAPE and qualification drama that triggered his arrest.
Police are reportedly treating the alleged UNISA diploma issue not as a one-man gambit…
…but as a structured team effort.
Why The Interest In The Entourage?
Investigators are pushing the theory that the alleged fake qualification may not have been produced in isolation — but processed through internal hands who understood how to package, forward, submit or sanitise official documents.
This would mean Magaya’s influence didn’t just sit at the top — it allegedly filtered through layers of administrative muscle around him.
Meanwhile, the High Court writ threatening to attach and auction PHD Ministries assets remains active — meaning Magaya’s legal fires are now burning from multiple fronts.
Bigger Than Church — Bigger Than Football
This story is no longer just a church scandal.
It has now crossed into sports, admin politics, internal networks — and the very question of who surrounds Zimbabwe’s most flamboyant preachers, and what those inner circles actually do.
For now — one thing is clear:
Magaya didn’t walk into this arrest alone — and it looks like he won’t walk back out alone either.
ZiMetro News will continue to push for clarity, official positions and court confirmations as the story develops.
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