Zimbabwe’s anti-corruption watchdog has launched a fraud investigation into Walter Magaya after the University of South Africa (UNISA) declared his marketing diploma fraudulent.
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) requested documents from ZIFA relating to Magaya’s recent presidential candidacy application, according to official correspondence dated January 31 seen by ZimLive.
ZACC has also approached the Judicial Service Commission seeking records of Magaya’s High Court challenge against his disqualification from ZIFA elections over educational requirements.
The investigation centers on a UNISA marketing diploma Magaya submitted to bypass ZIFA’s requirement of five O’ Level passes. UNISA categorically denied issuing the qualification in a January 29 statement.
“Any certificate he produces which he claims to be from UNISA is therefore fraudulent,” the university stated, adding that Magaya was never enrolled as a student or graduated from the institution.
The diploma in question had been certified as authentic by Waterfalls police before Magaya submitted it to ZIFA and the High Court.
Magaya, who owns Premier Soccer League club Yadah Stars, is also the founder of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministry, one of Zimbabwe’s prominent religious organizations.