Zimbabwe: Magaya Challenges Magistrate’s Court Over ‘Unconstitutional’ Detention

Prophetic Healing and Deliverance leader Walter Magaya has filed an application for review with the High Court arguing that the magistrate’s court’s failure to release him upon initial appearance is a gross violation of the law that he claims is regressing the country to the colonial era.

When Magaya initially appeared in court on November 3, his lawyers–Admire Rubaya, Everson Chatambudza and Advocate Sylvester Hashiti–sought his immediate release, arguing that his detention was excessive and…